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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
A spot between
Jezreel
and
Samaria
where
Jehu
slaughtered the royal family of
Judah
(
2 Kings 10:12-14
12
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
13
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. (2 Kings 10:12‑14)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Place
where
Jehu
slew forty-two of
the
royal family of
Judah
(
2 Kings 10:12, 14
12
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, (2 Kings 10:12)
14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. (2 Kings 10:14)
).
Some
translate “shepherds’ meeting-place.”
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