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2 Kings 10:7

And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

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ASV

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.

KJV

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
כְּבֹ֤אke.Vo'when cameH935
הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ha.Se.ferthe letterH5612
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
וַיִּקְחוּ֙vai.yik.Chuand they tookH3947
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּvai.yish.cha.Tuand they slaughteredH7819
שִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657
אִ֑ישׁ'IshmanH376
וַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּvai.ya.Si.muand they putH7760
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙ra.shei.Hemheads theirH7218
בַּדּוּדִ֔יםba.du.Dimin <the> basketsH1731
וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּvai.yish.le.Chuand they sent [them]H7971
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto himH413
יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃yiz.re.'E.lahJezreel towardsH3157

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Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain