2 Kings 10:7
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.
KJV
Cumque venissent litteras ad eos, tulerunt filios regis, et occiderunt septuaginta viros, et posuerunt capita eorum in cophinis, et miserunt ad eum in Jezrahel.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἦλθεν τὸ βιβλίον πρὸς αὐτούς, καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔσφαξαν αὐτούς, ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας· καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ἐν καρτάλλοις καὶ ἀπέστειλαν αὐτὰς πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יְהִ֗י כְּ/בֹ֤א הַ/סֵּ֨פֶר֙ אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת בְּנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽ/יִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֑ישׁ וַ/יָּשִׂ֤ימוּ אֶת רָֽאשֵׁי/הֶם֙ בַּ/דּוּדִ֔ים וַ/יִּשְׁלְח֥וּ אֵלָ֖י/ו יִזְרְעֶֽאלָ/ה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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,
- 2Kgs 11:1 — And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- Hos 1:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.