In Context

9 It happened in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, |You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him; but who struck all these?

10 Know now that nothing shall fall to the earth of the word of Yahweh, which Yahweh spoke concerning the house of Ahab. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.|

11 So Jehu struck all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, with all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

12 He arose and departed, and went to Samaria. As he was at the shearing house of the shepherds on the way,

13 Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, |Who are you?| They answered, |We are the brothers of Ahaziah. We are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.|

14 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.

2 Kings 10:12 in Other Translations