2 Kings 10:1

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Summary

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,

Seventy sons

Judges 8:30

Judges 10:4

Judges 12:14

In samaria

The rulers

Deuteronomy 16:18

1 Kings 21:8

Bible References

Seventy sons

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years.

In samaria

She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy."

For the saying that he called out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass."

And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.

The rulers

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city.