2 Kings 10:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 10:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 10:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 10:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“A messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.””
2 Kings 10:8 — World English Bible
2 Kings 10:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 entrance of the gate until the morning. ”
2 Kings 10:8 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 10:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and the messenger cometh in, and declareth to him, saying, `They have brought in the heads of the sons of the king,' and he saith, `Make them two heaps at the opening of the gate till the morning.'”
2 Kings 10:8 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 10:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And a messenger came and told him saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning. ”
2 Kings 10:8 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 10:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then there came a messenger and tolde him, saying, They haue brought the heads of the Kings sonnes. And he sayd, Let them lay them on two heapes at the entring in of the gate vntil the morning.”
2 Kings 10:8 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 10:8 in Context — 2 Kings 10
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?
10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
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