2 Kings 10:5

So the overseer of the palace, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever you think is right.”

Joshua 9:11

So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey; go and meet them and say, “We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.”’

1 Kings 20:4

Then the king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

1 Kings 20:32

So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’”

So he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

Joshua 9:8

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”

Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

2 Kings 18:14

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay.” The king of Assyria demanded 11 tons of silver and one ton of gold from King Hezekiah of Judah.

Joshua 9:24-25

The Gibeonites answered him, “It was clearly communicated to your servants that the Lord your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

Jeremiah 27:7-8

All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Jeremiah 27:17

Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?

John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

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Summary

And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

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Bible References

We are thy servants

2 Kings 18:14
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay.” The king of Assyria demanded 11 tons of silver and one ton of gold from King Hezekiah of Judah.
Joshua 9:11
So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey; go and meet them and say, “We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.”’
1 Kings 20:4
Then the king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
Jeremiah 27:7
All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

General references

Joshua 9:8
They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”

Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

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