2 Kings 10:6

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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.Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.

In other translations

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.Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.

Hebrew words

וַיִּכְתֹּבvaiyikhtoand he wroteH3789אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413סֵפֶר׀sefera letterH5612שֵׁנִיתshenitsecondH8145לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559אִם־'im-ifH518לִיli[belong] to meאַתֶּם'atemyouH859וּלְקֹלִי׀ulekoliand to voice myH6963אַתֶּם'atemyouH859שֹׁמְעִיםshome'im[are] listeningH8085קְחוּkechutakeH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רָאשֵׁיrashei[the] heads ofH7218אַנְשֵׁי'anshei[the] men ofH582בְנֵי־venei-[the] sons ofH1121אֲדֹנֵיכֶם'adoneikhemmaster<s> yourH113וּבֹאוּuvo'uand comeH935אֵלַי'elaito meH413כָּעֵתka'etabout <the> this timeH6256מָחָרmachartomorrowH4279יִזְרְעֶאלָהyizre'elahJezreel towardsH3157וּבְנֵיuveneiand [the] sons ofH1121הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428שִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657אִישׁ'ishmanH376אֶת־'et-[were] withH854גְּדֹלֵיgedolei[the] great [people] ofH1419הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892מְגַדְּלִיםmegadelim[who] were bringing upH1431אוֹתָם׃'otam<obj.> themH853

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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People and places

Places: Jezreel, Samaria

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