2 Kings

And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the supporters of Ahab, saying,

And now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons [are] with you, and with you [are] chariots and horses, also a fortified city and armor,

even look for the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set [him] on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

And they were exceedingly afraid and said, Behold, two kings did not stand before him; how then shall we stand?

And he who [was] over the house, and he over the city, the elders also, and the guardians, sent to Jehu saying, We [are] your servants and will do all that you shall say to us; we will not make any king. Do what is good in your eyes.

And he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you [are] mine, and will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by this time tomorrow. And the king's sons, seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city who brought them up.