Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when the letters came to them, they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezrahel. slew seventy 2 Kings 10:9 And when it was light, he went out, and standing, said to all the people: You are just: if I conspired against my master, and slew him; who hath slain all these? 2 Kings 11:1 Now Athalia, the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose and slew all the royal seed. Judges 9:5 And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden. 1 Kings 21:21 Behold I will bring evil upon thee, and I will cut down thy posterity, and I will kill of Achab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up, and the last in Israel. 2 Chronicles 21:4 So Joram rose up over the kingdom of his father: and when he had established himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and some of the princes of Israel. Matthew 14:8-11 But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist. . . . Context Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Family…6And 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. 7And when the letters came to them, they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezrahel.8And a messenger came, and told him, saying: They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said: Lay ye them in two heaps by the entering in of the gate until the morning.… Cross References Judges 9:5 And he came to his father's house in Ephra, and slew his brethren, the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham, the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden. 2 Kings 10:6 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. 2 Kings 10:8 And a messenger came, and told him, saying: They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said: Lay ye them in two heaps by the entering in of the gate until the morning. 2 Kings 11:1 Now Athalia, the mother of Ochozias, seeing that her son was dead, arose and slew all the royal seed. Lexicon Andוַיְהִ֗י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be when the letter הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ (has·sê·p̄er) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5612: A missive, document, writing, book arrived, כְּבֹ֤א (kə·ḇō) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go they took וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (way·yiq·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take the king’s הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king sons בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son and slaughtered וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ (way·yiš·ḥă·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7819: To slaughter, beat all seventy שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) of them, אִ֑ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person put וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ (way·yā·śî·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set their heads רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙ (rā·šê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head in baskets, בַּדּוּדִ֔ים (bad·dū·ḏîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1731: A pot, a basket and sent וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out them to Jehu אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to at Jezreel. יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃ (yiz·rə·‘e·lāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3157: Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel Additional Translations And when the letter arrived, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered all seventy of them, 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 seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to 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. And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew them, even seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael. And it came to pass when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slaughtered seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jizreel. 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. 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 them to him to Jezreel. It happened, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel. And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the letter unto them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send unto him to Jezreel, Jump to Previous Arrived Baskets Death Heads Jehu Jezreel Jizreel Killed King's Letter Persons Princes Seventy Slaughtered SlewJump to Next Arrived Baskets Death Heads Jehu Jezreel Jizreel Killed King's Letter Persons Princes Seventy Slaughtered SlewExternal Links 2 Kings 10:7 NIV2 Kings 10:7 NLT 2 Kings 10:7 ESV 2 Kings 10:7 NASB 2 Kings 10:7 ASV 2 Kings 10:7 Bible Apps 2 Kings 10:7 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 10:7 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 10:7 French Bible 2 Kings 10:7 German Bible Alphabetical: all and arrived at baskets came heads him in Jehu Jezreel king's letter men of persons princes put sent seventy slaughtered sons the their them these They to took When OT History: 2 Kings 10:7 It happened when the letter came (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |