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2 Kings 10:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse reports Jehu's forces capture and kill all forty-two at the pit.
Read It With
- 2 Kings 10:12–10:14
Read 2 Kings 10:14 within 2 Kings 10:12–10:14. On the road Jehu meets forty-two relatives of Ahaziah who are visiting royal families and has them killed at the shearing house pit.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse reports Jehu's forces capture and kill all forty-two at the pit. This detail is necessary to the thought unit “Jehu kills Ahaziah's relatives,” but it is not the unit's whole claim.
Read 2 Kings 10:12–14 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 10:12–10:14 forms one scene or regnal notice: On the road Jehu meets forty-two relatives of Ahaziah who are visiting royal families and has them killed at the shearing house pit.
Verse 12. 12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
Verse 13. 13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king 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.
Verse 14. 14 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.
Follow the Context
- On the road Jehu meets forty-two relatives of Ahaziah who are visiting royal families and has them killed at the shearing house pit.
- The unit's narrated outcome or evaluation prepares the next movement without making every described action exemplary.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
2 Kings 10:14 does not stand alone from 2 Kings 10:12–10:14. This episode does not authorize guilt by association, killing travelers, family-based retaliation, or celebrating the body count.
What Remains True
This verse reports Jehu's forces capture and kill all forty-two at the pit. In the complete scene, that detail supports this larger account: On the road Jehu meets forty-two relatives of Ahaziah who are visiting royal families and has them killed at the shearing house pit.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching 2 Kings 10:14, keep this contribution and 2 Kings 10:12–10:14 together. This episode does not authorize guilt by association, killing travelers, family-based retaliation, or celebrating the body count.
Teach It Back
Explain 2 Kings 10:14's precise role in 2 Kings 10:12–10:14. Include the first historical horizon, surrounding verses, one person or cost that a royal or miracle-centered reading could obscure, material uncertainty, and one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Kings 10:12–10:14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 10:12–10:14
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NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 642–644, translation and translator notes for 10:12–10:14
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