2 Kings 10:1
And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
KJV
Erant autem Achab septuaginta filii in Samaria : scripsit ergo Jehu litteras, et misit in Samariam, ad optimates civitatis, et ad majores natu, et ad nutritios Achab, dicens :
Vulgate
Καὶ τῷ Ἀχαὰβ ἑβδομήκοντα υἱοὶ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. καὶ ἔγραψεν Εἰοὺ βιβλίον καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας Σαμαρείας καὶ πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τιθηνοὺς Ἀχαὰβ λέγων
LXX
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying,
ASV
וּ/לְ/אַחְאָ֛ב שִׁבְעִ֥ים בָּנִ֖ים בְּ/שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וַ/יִּכְתֹּב֩ יֵה֨וּא סְפָרִ֜ים וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֣ח שֹׁמְר֗וֹן אֶל שָׂרֵ֤י יִזְרְעֶאל֙ הַ/זְּקֵנִ֔ים וְ/אֶל הָ/אֹמְנִ֥ים אַחְאָ֖ב לֵ/אמֹֽר
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the ministry of Elisha, the dynasty of Jehu, the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, the prophets Jonah and Isaiah, and the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians in 722 BC. Josephus preserves traditions about Jonah and the Ninevites that supplement the biblical book.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 13:32 — For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
- 1Kgs 21:21 — 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,
- Judg 8:30 — And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.