Ahab’s Family Killed

10 Now there were in Samaria^(A) seventy sons^(B) of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel,^[a](C) to the elders and to the guardians^(D) of Ahab’s children. He said,

⁵ So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants^(A) and we will do anything you say. We will not appoint anyone as king; you do whatever you think best.”