2 Kings 10:6 Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, "If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this time." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them. (NASB ©1995)2 Kings 10:5 And the one who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight."
2 Kings 10:7 When 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. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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.If ye be mine [heb] if ye be for me 2Ki 9:32 Mt 12:30 Lu 9:50 take ye Nu 25:4 1Ki 21:8-11 your master's sons De 5:9 Jos 7:24,25 Job 21:19 Isa 14:21,22 Re 2:20-23 which brought them up. `The rich,' says mr.Morier, `hire a dedeh, or wet nurse for their children. If a boy, the father appoints a steady man from the age of two years to be his laleh, who, I conjecture, must stand in the same capacity as the bringers up of children mentioned in the catastrophe of Ahab's sons. But if it be a daughter, she has a {gees sefeed} or white head, attached to her for the same purpose as the {laleh}.' Concordance Entries Heads Jezreel Leading Letter Listen Master's Obey Princes Rearing Royal Saying Seventy Sons Tomorrow Voice Wrote Jump to Previous Occurrence City Great Heads Hearken Jezreel King's Letter Master's Morrow Persons Second Seventy Side Time Tomorrow To-Morrow Voice Wrote Jump to Next Occurrence City Great Heads Hearken Jezreel King's Letter Master's Morrow Persons Second Seventy Side Time Tomorrow To-Morrow Voice Wrote New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
