2 Kings 10:8

A messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”

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WEBBE

A messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.”

BSB

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.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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 entrance of the gate until the morning.

BBE

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.

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וַיָּבֹא vai·ya·vo' and he came H935 הַמַּלְאָךְ ha·mal·'okh the messenger H4397 וַיַּגֶּד־ vai·ya·ged- and he told H5046 לוֹ lo to him H9033 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 הֵבִיאוּ he·vi·'u they have brought H935 רָאשֵׁי ra·shei [the] heads of H7218 בְנֵי־ ve·nei- [the] sons of H1121 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 שִׂימוּ si·mu make H7760 אֹתָם 'o·tam (marks the object) them H853 שְׁנֵי she·nei two H8147 צִבֻּרִים tzi·bu·rim heaps H6652 פֶּתַח pe·tach [the] entrance of H6607 הַשַּׁעַר ha·sha·'ar the gate H8179 עַד־ 'ad- until H5704 הַבֹּקֶר ha·bo·ker the morning H1242

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–14

In the most awful events, though attended by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God are to be noticed; and he never did nor can command any thing unjust or unreasonable. Jehu destroyed all that remained of the house of Ahab; all who had been partners in his wickedness. When we think upon the sufferings and miseries of mankind, when we look forward to the resurrection and last judgment, and think upon the vast number of the wicked waiting their awful sentence of everlasting fire; when the whole sum of death and misery has been considered, the solemn question occurs, Who slew all these? The answer is, SIN. Shall we then harbour sin in our bosoms, and seek for happiness from that which is the cause of all misery?

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