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2 Kings 10:14

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 10:14

Verse 14 of 36

Scripture focus

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

2 Kings 10:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 10:14

Theological / Devotional

Take them alive. Why the order first was given that they be taken alive before their being slain is not clear. Perhaps when they heard of the revolution and Jehu’s slaughter of the royal family of Israel they made some effort at resistance and were then put to death. Through Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah and the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, these princes of Judah were related to the royal house of Israel, and were thus included in the “posterity” of Ahab, who, Elijah had prophesied, would perish (1 Kings 21:21).

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