And when it was day he went out, and stood and said to all the people, Ye be [a]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 brought to pass the things that he spake [b]by his servant (A)Elijah.

11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all that were great with him, and his familiars, and his [c]priests, so that he let none of his remain.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:9 Ye cannot justly condemn me for the king’s death, seeing ye have done the like to his posterity: for the Lord commanded me, and moved you to execute this his judgment.
  2. 2 Kings 10:10 Hebrew, by the hand of.
  3. 2 Kings 10:11 Meaning, which were the idolatrous priests.

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