2 Kings 10:7

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Summary

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.

Slew seventy

General references

Proverbs 29:12

Bible References

Slew seventy

Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are innocent; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring.

Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel;

Now when Jehoram had taken over the kingdom of his father and made himself secure, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and some of the rulers of Israel also.

Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

General references

If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.