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2 Kings 10:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to πthem that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,

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nourishers.

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1-7: Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's children to be beheaded.

8-11: He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah.

12-14: At the shearing house he slays two and forty of Ahaziah's brethren.

15-17: He takes Jehonadab into his company.

18-28: By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal.

29-31: Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins.

32-33: Hazael oppresses Israel.

34-36: Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu.

seventy sons.

Judg. 8:30• ³⁰Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives. (Judg. 8:30)

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Judg. 10:4• ⁴And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty ass colts; and they had thirty cities, which are called the villages of Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. (Judg. 10:4)

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Judg. 12:14• ¹⁴And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts. And he judged Israel eight years. (Judg. 12:14)

in Samaria.

2 Kings 5:3• ³And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy. (2 Kings 5:3)

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1 Kings 13:32• ³²For the word that he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, shall certainly come to pass. (1 Kings 13:32)

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1 Kings 16:28• ²⁸And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 16:28)

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2 Chron. 22:9• ⁹And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (for he had hid himself in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And in the house of Ahaziah there was no one who was able to hold the kingdom. (2 Chron. 22:9)

the rulers.

Deut. 16:18• ¹⁸Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment. (Deut. 16:18)

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1 Kings 21:8‑14• ⁸And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
⁹And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
¹⁰and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
¹¹And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
¹²they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
¹³And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
¹⁴And they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. (1 Kings 21:8‑14)

them.

Heb. nourishers.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote lettersb, and sent to Samaria, to the princes of Jizreel, to the elders, and to Ahab’s guardiansc, saying,

JND Translation Notes

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b

Or "a letter," as vers 2,6,7, but here it is the plural.

c

Or "nursing-fathers." see vers. 5 and 6 and Num. 11.12, etc.