2 Kings 10:8 (KJV)

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And there came a messenger and told him saying They have brought the heads of the king’s sons And he said Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning

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Cross-references

there came. 2Sa 11:18-21 1Ki 21:14 Mr 6:28

until the morning. De 21:23

Lay ye them.Such barbarities are by no means uncommon in the East. "It has been know to occur," says Mr. Morier, "after the combat was over, that prisoners have been put to death in cold blood, in order that the heads, which are immediately despatched to the king, and deposited in heaps at the place gates, might make a more considerable show."

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