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

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

In samaria

She said to her mistress, "I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy."

For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen."

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

He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart." The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.

The rulers

You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives 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 sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.