2 Kings 10:7

2 Kings 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When the letter arrived, these men took the princes and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as soon as the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So it was, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and slaughtered seventy persons, put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

Context of 2 Kings 10:7

5So the official in charge of the palace, the mayor of the city, the respected leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants. We’ll do everything you tell us. We won’t make anyone king. Do what you think is best.” 6So he wrote them a second letter. It read, “If you are on my side and ready to listen to me, bring the heads of your master’s heirs to me in Jezreel about this time tomorrow.” The 70 male heirs were staying with the city’s most powerful men. These men had raised them. When the letter came to the men, they slaughtered all 70 heirs. They put the heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel. 8A messenger told him, “They’ve brought the heads of the king’s heirs.” Jehu said, “Put them in two piles at the entrance to the gateway until morning.” 9In the morning he stood there. He told the people, “You are innocent. I plotted against my master and killed him. But who killed all these men?

2 Kings 10:7 word by word

וַיְהִ֗י כְּבֹ֤א הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֑ישׁ וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ אֶת־רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙ בַּדּוּדִ֔ים וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ אֵלָ֖יו יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, when the letterסֵ֫פֶרsêpher siphrâh · scroll: documentH5612
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to them, that they tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and slewשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• personsאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• their headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• in basketsדּוּדdûd · potH1731
• and sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• to Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizre‛ê'l · JezreelH3157

Cross-references for 2 Kings 10:7

• 2 Kings 10:9In the morning he stood there. He told the people, “You are innocent. I plotted against my master and killed him. But who killed all these men?
• 2 Kings 11:1When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she began to destroy the entire royal family.
• Judges 9:5Then he went to his father’s home in Ophrah. There he executed his 70 brothers, Jerubbaal’s sons. But Jotham, Jerubbaal’s youngest son, survived because he hid.
• 1 Kings 21:21So I am going to bring evil on you. I will destroy your descendants. I will destroy every male in Ahab’s ⌞house⌟, whether slave or freeman in Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 21:4After Jehoram had taken over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position and then executed all his brothers and some of the officials of Israel.
• Matthew 14:8Urged by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 10:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Put their heads in baskets - What cold-blooded wretches were the whole of these people!Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7In the ancient Near East, people often beheaded their enemies (2 Kings 6:31–32; 1 Samuel 17:46, 51; see also Matthew 14:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-172Ki 10:1-17. Jehu Causes Seventy of Ahab's Children to Be Beheaded. 1-4. Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria--As it appears (2Ki 10:13), that grandsons are included it is probable that this number comprehended the whole posterity of Ahab. Their being all assembled in that capital might arise from their being left there on the king's departure for Ramoth-gilead, or from their taking refuge in some of the strongholds of that city on the news of Jehu's…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 10:7

• Ahab
• Basket
• Children
• Enthusiasm
• Government
• Homicide
• Jehu
• Massacre

In the dictionaries

• Jezreel
• Basket
• Behead
• Writing
• Elijah
• Elisha
• Epistle
• Fact
• Hazael
• Jehonadab

Commentaries on 2 Kings 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings