2 Kings 10:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
When the letterהַסֵּ֙פֶר֙
(has·se·fer)
5612: a missive, document, writing, bookprobably of foreign origin
cameכְּבֹ֤א
(ke·vo)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
to them, they tookוַיִּקְחוּ֙
(vai·yik·chu)
3947: to takea prim. root
the king'sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
(ham·me·lech,)
4428: kingfrom an unused word
sonsבְּנֵ֣י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
and slaughteredוַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ
(vai·yish·cha·tu)
7819: to slaughter, beata prim. root
[them], seventyשִׁבְעִ֣ים
(shiv·'im)
7657: seventy (a card. number)from sheba
persons,אִ֑ישׁ
(ish;)
376: manfrom an unused word
and putוַיָּשִׂ֤ימוּ
(vai·ya·si·mu)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
their headsרָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙
(ra·shei·hem)
7218: heada prim. root
in baskets,בַּדּוּדִ֔ים
(bad·du·dim,)
1731: a pot, jarfrom the same as dod
and sentוַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ
(vai·yish·le·chu)
7971: to senda prim. root
[them] to him at Jezreel.יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃
(yiz·re·'e·lah.)
3157: "God sows," two Isr., also two cities in Isr., also a valley in N. Isr.from zara and el


















KJV Lexicon
And it came to pass when the letter
cepher  (say'-fer)
writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book -- bill, book, evidence, learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to them that they took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
the king's
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
sons
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
and slew
shachat  (shaw-khat')
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) -- kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
seventy
shib`iym.  (shib-eem')
seventy -- seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
persons
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
and put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
their heads
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
in baskets
duwd  (dood)
a pot (for boiling); also (by resemblance of shape) a basket -- basket, caldron, kettle, (seething) pot.
and sent
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
him them to Jezreel
Yizr`e'l  (yiz-reh-ale')
God will sow; Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites -- Jezreel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered all 70, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

International Standard Version
When the letter from Jehu arrived, the city leaders arrested the king's sons, slaughtered all 70 of them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

NET Bible
When they received the letter, they seized the king's sons and executed all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the letter came to the men, they slaughtered all 70 heirs. They put the heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.

King James 2000 Bible
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 them to him at Jezreel.
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