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The palace chamberlain, the military commissioner of the city, the judges and the tutors sent this response to Jehu: "We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not proclaim anyone king; do whatever seems best to you." (2 Kings 10, 5)
Then he sent them a second letter which said, "If you are on my side and among those who obey me, take the heads of the sons of the king, your lord, and come to talk to me tomorrow at this time in Jezreel." The king's sons were seventy and they were growing up in the houses of prominent families of the city. (2 Kings 10, 6)
As soon as this letter reached them, they seized the sons of the king, beheaded seventy of them and placed their heads in large baskets which they sent to Jezreel. (2 Kings 10, 7)
The messenger came to where Jehu was and said to him, "Here they send you the heads of the king's sons." He answered, "Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate of Jezreel until tomorrow." (2 Kings 10, 8)
In the morning, Jehu went out and said to all the people, "Be fair, tell me: if I have conspired against my king and have killed him, who then has beheaded all these? (2 Kings 10, 9)
he met the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah. He asked them, "Who are you?" They answered, "We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and we go to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen." (2 Kings 10, 13)
When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son had died, she was determined to wipe out all the descendants of the king. (2 Kings 11, 1)
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash, her nephew, and brought him away from among the king's sons who were about to be killed, and put him with his wet nurse in the bedroom. Thus she hid him from Athaliah, so that the boy was saved. (2 Kings 11, 2)
In the seventh year, Jehoiada the chief priest, summoned the officers of the royal guard and of the Carites to the House of Yahweh. After concluding a pact with them under oath, he showed them the king's son. (2 Kings 11, 4)
Then he gave them these orders, "One third of your men who come on duty on the sabbath shall guard the king's house, (2 Kings 11, 5)
Now about those who come off duty on the sabbath, two divisions of them shall guard the House of Yahweh and surround King Joash. (2 Kings 11, 7)
You shall be at his side, each with drawn weapons, and you will kill all who would cross your line. Take care of the king wherever he goes." (2 Kings 11, 8)
