Ahab’s Family Killed

10 Now there were in Samaria(A) seventy sons(B) of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel,[a](C) to the elders and to the guardians(D) of Ahab’s children. He said,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:1 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate of the city

10 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

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What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.

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Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;

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The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.

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But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

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