2 Kings 10:14

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.

And he said {H559}, Take {H8610} them alive {H2416}. And they took {H8610} them alive {H2416}, and slew {H7819} them at the pit {H953} of the shearing house {H1044}, even two {H8147} and forty {H705} men {H376}; neither left {H7604} he any {H376} of them.

"Take them alive," said Yehu. They took them alive, forty-two men, slaughtered them and threw them into the shearing shed's pit; he spared not one of them.

Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 11:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

  • 1 Kings 20:18 (2 votes)

    And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

  • 2 Kings 10:6 (2 votes)

    Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

  • 2 Kings 8:18 (2 votes)

    And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 22:8 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

  • 2 Kings 10:10 (2 votes)

    Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done [that] which he spake by his servant Elijah.