13 (A)Jehu [a]met the [b]relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” And they [c]answered, “We are the [d]relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down [e]to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.” 14 He said, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.

15 Now when he had departed from there, he [f]met (B)Jehonadab the son of (C)Rechab coming to meet him; and he [g]greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” And Jehonadab [h]answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, (D)give me your hand.” And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

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  1. 2 Kings 10:13 Lit found
  2. 2 Kings 10:13 Lit brothers
  3. 2 Kings 10:13 Lit said
  4. 2 Kings 10:13 Lit brothers
  5. 2 Kings 10:13 Lit about the welfare of
  6. 2 Kings 10:15 Lit found
  7. 2 Kings 10:15 Lit blessed
  8. 2 Kings 10:15 Lit said