2 Kings 10:5-7
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5 So these people sent a message to Jehu:
the officer who took care of the king's palace,
the man who ruled the city of Samaria,
the city's leaders,
and the men who took care of Ahab's children.
The message said, ‘We are your servants. We will do anything that you tell us. We will not make anyone king. You must do what you think is right.’
6 So Jehu wrote a second letter to them. It said, ‘If you are ready to help me and you will obey me, do this: Bring the heads of your master's sons here to me in Jezreel. Bring them by this time tomorrow.’[a]
At that time, important leaders of the city were taking care of the king's 70 sons. 7 When the letter arrived, these men took hold of the king's sons. They killed all 70 of them. They put their heads in baskets. Then they sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
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- 10:6 When Jehu said, ‘Bring me the heads of your masters sons’, he might have meant, ‘Bring me the people who take care of your master's sons.’ Perhaps because of that, he says he is not guilty for the death of these men (verse 9).
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