13Jehu 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.|


In Context

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.

15 When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, |Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?| Jehonadab answered, |It is.| |If it is, give me your hand.| He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

2 Kings 10:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:13he met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, "Who are you?" They said, "We are relatives of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the families of the king and of the queen mother."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who [are] ye? And they answered, We [are] the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:13He met with the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and he said to them: Who are you? And they answered: We are the brethren of Ochozias, and are come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:13Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13Jehu found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they said, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and have come down to salute the children of the king, and the children of the queen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:13Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13and Jehu hath found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and saith, 'Who are ye?' and they say, 'Brethren of Ahaziah we are, and we go down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the mistress.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.