2 Kings 10:7 — Bible Verse (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.”
2 Kings 10:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 10:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 10:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and killed them, even seventy people, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.”
2 Kings 10:7 — World English Bible
2 Kings 10:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel. ”
2 Kings 10:7 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 10:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And it cometh to pass, at the coming in of the letter unto them, that they take the sons of the king, and slaughter seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and send unto him to Jezreel,”
2 Kings 10:7 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 10:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And it came to pass when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slaughtered seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jizreel. ”
2 Kings 10:7 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 10:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when the letter came to them, they tooke the Kings sonnes, and slewe the seuentie persons, and layde their heads in baskets, and sent them vnto him to Izreel.”
2 Kings 10:7 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 10:7 in Context — 2 Kings 10
5 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.
6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
7 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.
8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
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What Does 2 Kings 10:7 Mean?
2 Kings 10:7 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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