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2 Kings 10:9

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.

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.

11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

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BSB
The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
KJV
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?
WEB
In the morning, he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
ASV
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who smote all these?
DARBY
And it came to pass in the morning that he went out; and he stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous! behold, I conspired against my master and killed him; but who smote all these?
BLB
And it came to pass in the morning that he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You⁺ [are] righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him. And who killed all these?
ÅB
Og om morgenen gikk han ut og trådte fram og sa til alt folket: Dere er uten skyld! Det er jeg som har fått i stand en sammensvergelse mot min herre og drept ham; men hvem har slått alle disse ihjel?
OTB
Om morgenen gikk han ut og sto, og sa til hele folket, “Dere er rettferdige; se, jeg konspirerte mot min herre og drepte ham. Men hvem drepte alle disse?
B1930
Og om morgenen gikk han ut og trådte frem og sa til alt folket: I er uten skyld! Det er jeg som har fått i stand en sammensvergelse mot min herre og drept ham; men hvem har slått alle disse ihjel?

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 9:14–24

    So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.

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  • Hosea 1:4

    And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 5:3

    And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:3

    Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

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