Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he said: Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men, and he left not any of them. Take them alive 2 Kings 10:6,10,11 And he wrote letters the second time to them, saying: If you be mine, and will obey me, take the heads of the sons of your master, and come to me to Jezrahel by tomorrow at this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy men, were brought up with the chief men of the city. . . . 1 Kings 20:18 And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive. neither left 2 Kings 8:18 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had walked: for the daughter of Achab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 Kings 11:1 Now Athalia, the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose and slew all the royal seed. 2 Chronicles 22:8,10 So when Jehu was rooting out the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons of the brethren of Ochozias, who served him, and he slew them. . . . Context Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Family…13He met with the brethren of Ochozias, king of Juda, and he said to them: Who are you? And they answered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen. 14And he said: Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men, and he left not any of them.15And when he was departed thence, he found Jonadab, the son of Rechab, coming to meet him, and he blessed him. And he said to him: Is thy heart right as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said: It is. If it be, said he, give me thy hand. He gave him his hand. And he lifted him up to him into the chariot,… Cross References 2 Kings 10:12 And he arose, and went to Samaria: and when he was come to the shepherds' cabin in the way, 2 Kings 10:13 He met with the brethren of Ochozias, king of Juda, and he said to them: Who are you? And they answered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen. 2 Kings 10:15 And when he was departed thence, he found Jonadab, the son of Rechab, coming to meet him, and he blessed him. And he said to him: Is thy heart right as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said: It is. If it be, said he, give me thy hand. He gave him his hand. And he lifted him up to him into the chariot, Jeremiah 41:5 There came some from Sichem, and from Silo, and from Samaria, fourscore men, with their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and mourning: and they had offerings and incense in their hand, to offer in the house of the Lord. Lexicon Then Jehu ordered,וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Take תִּפְשׂ֣וּם (tip̄·śūm) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably them alive.” חַיִּ֔ים (ḥay·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life So [his men] took וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּם (way·yiṯ·pə·śūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably them alive, חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life then slaughtered them וַֽיִּשְׁחָט֞וּם (way·yiš·ḥā·ṭūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7819: To slaughter, beat at אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the well בּ֣וֹר (bō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well of בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew Beth-eked— עֵ֗קֶד (‘ê·qeḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1044: Beth-eked -- 'house of binding', a place in Palestine forty-two אַרְבָּעִ֤ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 705: Forty men. אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person He וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no spared הִשְׁאִ֥יר (hiš·’îr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant none אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person of them. מֵהֶֽם׃ (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They Additional Translations 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. 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, Take them alive. And they slew them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them. And he said, Take them alive! And they took them alive, and slew them at the well of the meeting-place, forty-two men; and he left not one of them remaining. 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, 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. He said, "Take them alive!" They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn't leave any of them. And he saith, 'Catch them alive;' and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty and two men, and he hath not left a man of them. 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