2 Kings 10:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

He had many wives and seventy sons.

He had thirty sons who rode thirty donkeys. They had thirty cities in the land of Gilead. They are called the villages of Jair.

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. Abdon led Israel for eight years,

In samaria

She said to her mistress: I wish my master could go to the prophet who lives in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.

The words that he spoke at Jehovah's command against the altar in Bethel and against all the places of worship in the towns of Samaria will surely come true.

Omri rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria. Ahab his son became king in his place.

A search was made for Ahaziah. He was found hiding in Samaria. They took him to Jehu and put him to death. But they did bury his body out of respect for his grandfather King Jehoshaphat, who had done all he could to serve Jehovah. No member of Ahaziah's family was left who could rule the kingdom.

The rulers

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly.

So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the elders and nobles who were in authority with Naboth.