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So they took them alive and slaughtered them by the well of Beth Eked—forty-two of them. He left no survivor. <a href="/nlt/2_kings/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Take them alive!” Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped. <a href="/esv/2_kings/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> He said, “Take them alive.” And they took them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two persons, and he spared none of them. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/10.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/10.htm">New King James Version</a> And he said, “Take them alive!” So they took them alive, and killed them at the well of Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he said, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive, and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> He said, &#8220Take them alive.&#8221 So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And 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. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he said, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. <a href="/amp/2_kings/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Jehu said, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and [later] slaughtered them at the well by the place of the sand heaps, forty-two men; he left none of them [alive]. <a href="/csb/2_kings/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He didn’t spare any of them. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then Jehu ordered, &#8220Take them alive.&#8221 So they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked—42 men. He didn&#8217t spare any of them. <a href="/asv/2_kings/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> "Take them alive!" Jehu said to his officers. So they grabbed them and led them to the well near the shepherds' meeting place, where they killed all 42 of them. <a href="/erv/2_kings/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jehu ordered, "Capture them!" [ Jehu's men] captured and slaughtered 42 of them at a cistern near Beth Eked. They didn't leave any survivors. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jehu ordered his men, "Take them alive!" They seized them, and he put them to death near a pit there. There were forty-two people in all, and not one of them was left alive. <a href="/isv/2_kings/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jehu ordered, "Take them alive!" So Jehu's soldiers captured them and executed all 42 of them near the pit at the shearing house. He left none of them alive. <a href="/msb/2_kings/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then Jehu ordered, ?Take them alive.? So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked?forty-two men. He spared none of them. <a href="/net/2_kings/10.htm">NET Bible</a> He said, "Capture them alive!" So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He said, "Take them alive." They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He did not leave any of them. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/10.htm">World English Bible</a> He said, “Take them alive!” They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn’t leave any of them. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he says, “Catch them alive”; and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty-two men, and he has not left [even one] man of them. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he saith, 'Catch them alive;' and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty and two men, and he hath not left a man of them. <a href="/slt/2_kings/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will say, Seize them living. And they will seize them living, and they will slaughter them at the pit of the house of binding, forty and two men; and he left not a man of them.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he said: Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men, and he left not any of them. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he said, “Take them alive.” And when they had taken them alive, they cut their throats at the cistern beside the cabin, forty-two men. And he did not leave any of them behind. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/10.htm">New American Bible</a> “Take them alive,” Jehu ordered. They were taken alive, forty-two in number, then slain at the pit of Beth-eked. Not one of them survived. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He said, “Take them alive.” They took them alive, and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two in all; he spared none of them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive and slew them and threw them into the pit of Beth-akar, forty-two persons; and he left none of them. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he said: “Take them alive!” And they seized them and they killed them, and they cast them into a pit, fortytwo men, and he did not leave a man of them.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he said, Take them alive. And they slew them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/10-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=3493" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/10.htm">Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Family</a> …13Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.” 14<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Then Jehu ordered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: tip̄·śūm (V-Qal-Imp-mp:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">“Take them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yîm (Adj-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">alive.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/8610.htm" title="8610: way·yiṯ·pə·śūm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. Seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably.">So his men took them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yîm (Adj-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">alive,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: way·yiš·ḥā·ṭūm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3mp) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">then slaughtered them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: bō·wr (N-msc) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">the well</a> <a href="/hebrew/1044.htm" title="1044: bêṯ- (Prep) -- House of binding, a place in Pal. From bayith and a derivative of aqad; house of binding; Beth-Eked, a place in Palestine.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1044.htm" title="1044: ‘ê·qeḏ (N-proper-fs) -- House of binding, a place in Pal. From bayith and a derivative of aqad; house of binding; Beth-Eked, a place in Palestine.">Beth-eked—</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty-two</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: ū·šə·na·yim (Conj-w:: Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">He</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: hiš·’îr (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">spared</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">none</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">of them.</a> 15When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-24</a> This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free. / I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’ / And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’ ... <a href="/2_kings/9-7.htm">2 Kings 9:7-10</a> And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel. / The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel. / I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. ... <a href="/1_kings/19-17.htm">1 Kings 19:17</a> Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu. <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">Hosea 1:4</a> Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. <a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">2 Kings 9:27</a> When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there. <a href="/2_chronicles/22-8.htm">2 Chronicles 22:8-9</a> So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. / Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom. <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">1 Kings 18:40</a> Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there. <a href="/2_kings/9-22.htm">2 Kings 9:22</a> When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?” <a href="/2_kings/9-30.htm">2 Kings 9:30-37</a> Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. / And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” / He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. ... <a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a> When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs. <a href="/2_kings/8-28.htm">2 Kings 8:28-29</a> Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. / So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded. <a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a> And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. <a href="/luke/11-51.htm">Luke 11:51</a> from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation. <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-23</a> But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. ... <a href="/matthew/10-34.htm">Matthew 10:34-36</a> Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. / For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. / A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.Take them alive<a href="/2_kings/10-6.htm">2 Kings 10:6,10,11</a> Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up… <a href="/1_kings/20-18.htm">1 Kings 20:18</a> And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.neither left<a href="/2_kings/8-18.htm">2 Kings 8:18</a> And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.<a href="/2_kings/11-1.htm">2 Kings 11:1</a> And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.<a href="/2_chronicles/22-8.htm">2 Chronicles 22:8,10</a> And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Beth-Eked</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-12.htm">Catch</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Eked</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-9.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">Forty-Two</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Meeting-Place</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-8.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-7.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-20.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Shearing</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Shearing-House</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-21.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-7.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-20.htm">Spared</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">Survivor</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-15.htm">Water-Hole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/5-21.htm">Alive</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-20.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Beth-Eked</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Catch</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Eked</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-1.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm">Forty-Two</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/job/30-23.htm">Meeting-Place</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-20.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">Persons</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-22.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-43.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/genesis/38-12.htm">Shearing</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">Shearing-House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-20.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-17.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-11.htm">Spared</a> <a href="/ezra/1-4.htm">Survivor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-17.htm">Water-Hole</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 10</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's sons to be beheaded</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/10-8.htm">He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah</a> 12. <a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">At the shearing house he slays forty-two of Ahaziah's brothers</a> 15. <a href="/2_kings/10-15.htm">He takes Jehonadab into his company</a> 18. <a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal</a> 29. <a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins</a> 32. <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">Hazael oppresses Israel</a> 34. <a href="/2_kings/10-34.htm">Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His command to take the men alive reflects a strategic approach, ensuring that none would escape or resist. This action aligns with Jehu's mission to fulfill the prophecy given to Elijah regarding the destruction of Ahab's lineage (<a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-22</a>).So his men took them alive, Jehu's men, loyal to his cause, efficiently captured the men without immediate execution. This demonstrates Jehu's authority and the obedience of his followers. The capture of these men alive allowed Jehu to ensure their identity and connection to Ahab's house, fulfilling his divine mandate.then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. The well of Beth-eked, a specific location, signifies a place of judgment and execution. The number forty-two may symbolize completeness in judgment, as numbers often hold significance in biblical texts. This act of slaughter was a direct fulfillment of divine judgment against the house of Ahab, as prophesied in <a href="/1_kings/21-19.htm">1 Kings 21:19-24</a>. The well, a place of life-giving water, becomes a site of death, highlighting the severity of God's judgment.He spared none of them. Jehu's complete execution of the forty-two men underscores the totality of God's judgment and the seriousness of sin. This phrase emphasizes the thoroughness of Jehu's mission and the fulfillment of God's word. It reflects the biblical theme of divine justice and the consequences of idolatry and rebellion against God, as seen throughout the history of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a> The king of Israel who was anointed to destroy the house of Ahab and eradicate Baal worship from Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/b/beth-eked.htm">Beth-eked</a> A location where Jehu ordered the execution of the forty-two men. The name means "house of binding" or "shearing house." 3. <a href="/topical/f/forty-two_men.htm">Forty-two men</a> Relatives of Ahaziah, king of Judah, who were captured and killed by Jehu's command. 4. <a href="/topical/a/ahaziah.htm">Ahaziah</a> The king of Judah, whose relatives were killed by Jehu. He was connected to the house of Ahab through marriage. 5. <a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a> Former king of Israel, whose house was under divine judgment for idolatry and leading Israel astray.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_and_justice.htm">Divine Judgment and Justice</a> God's justice is executed through human agents, as seen in Jehu's actions. This reminds us of the seriousness of sin and the certainty of divine judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> The destruction of Ahab's house serves as a warning against idolatry and leading others away from God. It highlights the importance of faithfulness to God. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> Jehu's actions, though violent, were in obedience to God's command. This challenges us to consider the importance of obedience, even when it is difficult or counter-cultural. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Leaders have a significant impact on the spiritual direction of a nation. Jehu's zeal for God's commands contrasts with Ahab's idolatry, showing the influence of leadership on a nation's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 10</a> <a href="/q/can_hananiah's_short_exile_prophecy_be_trusted.htm">In Jeremiah 28:1-4, how can Hananiah's prophecy of a short Babylonian captivity be trusted given the historical evidence of a much longer exile?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jehu_praised_yet_condemned.htm">How do we reconcile Hosea 1:4-5 with 2 Kings 10:30, where Jehu is commended, yet here his dynasty is condemned?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_endorse_jehu's_violence.htm">Why does God apparently endorse Jehu's violent actions in 2 Kings 10:30, when other passages condemn such bloodshed?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_2_kings_10_1-11_justify_killing.htm">How does 2 Kings 10:1-11 reconcile mass slaughter with the broader biblical prohibition against murder?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) Take them alive.--Perhaps they made some show of resistance. Jehu slew them because of their connection with the doomed house of Ahab. Keil thinks he dreaded their conspiring with the partisans of the fallen dynasty in Samaria.Slew them at the pit of the shearing house.--Literally, slaughtered them into the cistern of Betheked. Either they cut their throats over the cistern, or threw the corpses into it.Two and forty.--Curiously parallel with <a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm" title="And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.">2Kings 2:24</a>; and perhaps a definite for an indefinite number.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them. The Brevity of the narrative leaves many points of it obscure. It is impossible to say why the order was given, "Take them alive," when, immediately afterwards, they were massacred. Perhaps Jehu at first intended to spare their lives, but afterwards thought that it would be safer to have them put out of his way. It must be borne in mind that they were descendants of Ahab. At the pit of the shearing-house; rather, at the well of Beth-Eked. Probably the bodies were thrown into the well (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/41-7.htm">Jeremiah 41:7</a>). Even two and forty men. It is this number which makes the idea of a visit of compliment incredible. Neither left he any of them. The Greeks said, Νήπιος ο}ς πατέρα κτείτας παῖδας καταλείπει; and the general Hebrew practice was to give effect to the teaching conveyed by the maxim (see <a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Joshua 7:24, 25</a>; <a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26</a>; <a href="/2_kings/14-6.htm">2 Kings 14:6</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/10-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then Jehu ordered, וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Take תִּפְשׂ֣וּם (tip̄·śūm) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably them alive.” חַיִּ֔ים (ḥay·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life So [his men] took וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֖וּם (way·yiṯ·pə·śūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8610.htm">Strong's 8610: </a> To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably them alive, חַיִּ֑ים (ḥay·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life then slaughtered them וַֽיִּשְׁחָט֞וּם (way·yiš·ḥā·ṭūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> To slaughter, beat at אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the well בּ֣וֹר (bō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_953.htm">Strong's 953: </a> A pit, cistern, well of בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> Beth-eked— עֵ֗קֶד (‘ê·qeḏ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1044.htm">Strong's 1044: </a> Beth-eked -- 'house of binding', a place in Palestine forty-two אַרְבָּעִ֤ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> Forty men. אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person He וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no spared הִשְׁאִ֥יר (hiš·’îr) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant none אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of them. מֵהֶֽם׃ (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/10-14.htm">2 Kings 10:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-14.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 10:14 He said Take them alive (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/10-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 10:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 10:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/10-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 10:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 10:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>