2 Kings 10:7 meaning and explanation
And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
2 Kings 10:7, Berean Standard Bible
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Jehu had challenged the officials of Samaria to choose a son of Ahab and fight for him, but they were terrified and submitted instead. When his second letter demanded the heads of Ahab's seventy sons, the leading men of the city complied, slaughtering the boys they had been raising and sending their heads in baskets to Jezreel.
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