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Now Ahab had seventy sons brought up in Samaria. So Jehu sent two
epistles, the one to them that brought up the children, the other to the
rulers of Samaria, which said, that they should set up the most valiant
of Ahab's sons for king, for that they had abundance of chariots, and horses,
and armor, and a great army, and fenced cities, and that by so doing they
might avenge the murder of Ahab. This he wrote to try the intentions of
those of Samaria. Now when the rulers, and those that had brought up the
children, had read the letter, they were afraid; and considering that they
were not at all able to oppose him, who had already subdued two very great
kings, they returned him this answer: That they owned him for their lord,
and would do whatsoever he bade them. So he wrote back to them such a reply
as enjoined them to obey what he gave order for, and to cut off the heads
of Ahab's sons, and send them to him. Accordingly the rulers sent for those
that brought up the sons of Ahab, and commanded them to slay them, to cut
off their heads, and send them to Jehu. So they did whatsoever they were
commanded, without omitting any thing at all, and put them up in wicker
baskets, and sent them to Jezreel. And when Jehu, as he was at supper with
his friends, was informed that the heads of Ahab's' sons were brought,
he ordered them to make two heaps of them, one before each of the gates;
and in the morning he went out to take a view of them, and when he saw
them, he began to say to the people that were present, that he did himself
make an expedition against his master [Joram], and slew him, but that it
was not he that slew all these; and he desired them to take notice, that
as to Ahab's family, all things had come to pass according to God's prophecy,
and his house was perished, according as Elijah had foretold. And when
he had further destroyed all the kindred of Ahab that were found in Jezreel,
he went to Samaria; and as he was upon the road, he met the relations of
Ahaziah king of Jerusalem, and asked them whither they were going? they
replied, that they came to salute Joram, and their own king Ahaziah, for
they knew not that he had slain them both. So Jehu gave orders that they
should catch these, and kill them, being in number forty-two persons.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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