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2 Kings 10:7

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And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him [them] to Jezreel.

And it came to pass, when the letter {H5612} came {H935} to them, that they took {H3947} the king's {H4428} sons {H1121}, and slew {H7819} seventy {H7657} persons {H376}, and put {H7760} their heads {H7218} in baskets {H1731}, and sent {H7971} him them to Jezreel {H3157}.

When the letter reached them, they seized the king's sons and killed them, all seventy of them, put their heads in baskets and sent them to Yehu in Yizre'el.

And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 21:21 (4 votes)

    Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

  • 2 Kings 11:1 (3 votes)

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

  • 2 Chronicles 21:4 (2 votes)

    Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 10:9 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye [be] righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

  • Judges 9:5 (2 votes)

    And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, [being] threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

  • Judges 9:57 (2 votes)

    And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

  • Matthew 14:8 (2 votes)

    And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.