OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 10:14

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He said, “Take them alive!” They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn’t leave any of them.

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Verse 14. Alive. That they might not attempt to defend themselves, ( Menochius.) as they might hope that Jehu would, at least, spare their lives. Bible.—Of them, as they were in some degree related to Achab, ( Menochius.) or might endeavour to obstruct his dominion. Tirinus.

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