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2 Kings 15:12

So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

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ASV

This was the word of Jehovah which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.

KJV

This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ה֣וּאhu'itH1931 →
דְבַר־de.var-[was] [the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
דִּבֶּ֤רdi.Berhe had spokenH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יֵהוּא֙ye.Hu'JehuH3058 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Neidescendants ofH1121 →
רְבִיעִ֔יםre.vi.'Ima fourth [generation]H7243 →
יֵשְׁב֥וּye.she.Vuthey will sitH3427 →
לְךָ֖le.Khaof you
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'[the] throne ofH3678 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וַֽיְהִי־vay.hi-and it wasH1961 →
כֵֽן׃ פKhenthusH3651 →

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2 Kings 10:30Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”2 Kings 14:29And Jeroboam rested with his fathers, the kings of Israel. And his son Zechariah reigned in his place.2 Kings 13:10In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Joash over Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned sixteen years.John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—2 Kings 9:25–26And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:John 19:24So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.John 19:36–37Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.2 Kings 13:13And Jehoash rested with his fathers, and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.Mark 13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.2 Kings 13:1In the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash son of Ahaziah over Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria seventeen years.Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?2 Kings 9:36–37So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.2 Kings 10:10Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”

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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
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