King James Version (KJV)
2 Kings 10:12
“And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. [And] as he [was] at the shearing house in the way,”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done [that] which he spake by his servant Elijah.
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. [And] as he [was] at the shearing house in the way,
Jehu 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.
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, [even] two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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