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And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king'ssons. And he said, Lay ye them in twoheaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
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And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
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Knownow that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORDspake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spakeby his servantElijah.
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So Jehuslew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
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Jehumet with the brethren of Ahaziahking of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
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And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and fortymen; neither left he any of them.
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And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heartright, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadabanswered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
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And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.