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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them,.... Having gained his point by the former:
saying, if ye be mine, acknowledge yourselves my subjects and servants:
and if ye will hearken to my…
Barnes' Notes
The heads of rivals, pretenders, and other obnoxious persons are commonly struck off in the East, and conveyed to the chief ruler, in order that he may be positively certified that his enemies have…
Adam Clarke
Come to me to Jezreel - Therefore the letters were not written to Jezreel, but from Jezreel to Samaria.
We left Jehu in quiet possession of Jezreel, triumphing over Joram and Jezebel; and we must now attend his further motions. He knew the whole house of Ahab must be cut off, and therefore proceeded in…
Cambridge Bible
a letter the second time Before he presents himself to them, he will let their alarm involve them more deeply than he is involved in the destruction of the royal family.
take ye the heads So Nicanor's…
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