13 (A)Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who are you?”

So they answered, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah; we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.”

14 And he said, “Take them alive!” So they took them alive, and (B)killed them at the well of [a]Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.

The Rest of Ahab’s Family Killed

15 Now when he departed from there, he [b]met (C)Jehonadab the son of (D)Rechab, coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is toward your heart?”

And Jehonadab answered, “It is.”

Jehu said, “If it is, (E)give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:14 Or The Shearing House
  2. 2 Kings 10:15 Lit. found

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