2 Kings 10:8
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And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
In other translations
And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and he cameH935הַמַּלְאָךְhamal'okhthe messengerH4397וַיַּגֶּד־vaiyaged-and he toldH5046לוֹloto himלֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הֵבִיאוּhevi'uthey have broughtH935רָאשֵׁיrashei[the] heads ofH7218בְנֵי־venei-[the] sons ofH1121הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שִׂימוּsimumakeH7760אֹתָם'otam<obj.> themH853שְׁנֵיsheneitwoH8147צִבֻּרִיםtziburimheapsH6652פֶּתַחpetach[the] entrance ofH6607הַשַּׁעַרhasha'arthe gateH8179עַד־'ad-untilH5704הַבֹּקֶר׃habokerthe morningH1242
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 2 Samuel 11:18-2118 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.18 Joab sent to David a full account of the battle 19 and instructed the messenger, “When you have finished giving the king all the details of the battle, 20 if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall? 21 Who was the one to strike Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If so, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
- Mark 6:28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
- Deuteronomy 21:23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- 1 Kings 21:14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
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