So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: "We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight." Cross References Numbers 11:12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant,' to the land that You swore to give their fathers? Joshua 9:8 "We are your servants," they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, "Who are you and from where have you come?" Joshua 9:11 So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, 'Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.' 1 Kings 20:4 And the king of Israel replied, "Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have." 1 Kings 20:32 So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please spare my life.'" And the king answered, "Is he still alive? He is my brother." 2 Kings 10:6 Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: "If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." Now the king's sons, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city. 2 Kings 18:14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me." And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. Chapter Outline 1. Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's sons to be beheaded8. He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah 12. At the shearing house he slays forty-two of Ahaziah's brothers 15. He takes Jehonadab into his company 18. By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal 29. Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins 32. Hazael oppresses Israel 34. Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu Jump to Previous Bid Children City Elders Eyes Good Guardians House Household Jehu ServantsJump to Next Bid Children City Elders Eyes Good Guardians House Household Jehu Servants |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge We are thy servants 2 Kings 18:14 Joshua 9:11, 24, 25 1 Kings 20:4, 32 Jeremiah 27:7, 8, 17 John 12:26 Links 2 Kings 10:5 NIV2 Kings 10:5 NLT 2 Kings 10:5 ESV 2 Kings 10:5 NASB 2 Kings 10:5 KJV 2 Kings 10:5 Bible Apps 2 Kings 10:5 Parallel 2 Kings 10:5 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 10:5 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 10:5 French Bible 2 Kings 10:5 German Bible 2 Kings 10:5 Commentaries Bible Hub |