Verse 14

Then Jehu commanded, "Take them alive." So they captured them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-Eked—forty-two men. He left none of them alive.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da sa han: 'Grip dem levende!' Og de grep dem levende og drepte dem ved brønnen i Bet-Eked, førtito menn. Ingen av dem slapp unna.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og han sa: «Ta dem levende.» Og de tok dem levende, og drepte dem ved gropen i gjeternes skjæringssted, førtito menn, og han lot ikke noen av dem være igjen.

• Norsk King James

  Og han sa: Ta dem levende. De tok dem levende og drepte dem ved kappeklippestedet, 42 menn; han etterlot ingen av dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sa han: Ta dem levende! De tok dem levende og de slaktet dem ved brønnen ved Beth-Eked, 42 menn, og lot ingen av dem bli igjen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da sa han: «Ta dem levende!» Og de tok dem levende og slaktet dem ved Bet-Ekeds cisterne, førtito i alt. Han sparte ingen av dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og han sa: Ta dem levende. Og de tok dem levende og drepte dem ved fårehusporsjonen, førtito menn. Han etterlot ingen av dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sa: «Ta dem levende.» Og de tok dem levende og drepte dem ved gropen ved slakterhuset – tjuefire menn, og han lot ingen overleve.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han sa: Ta dem levende. Og de tok dem levende og drepte dem ved fårehusporsjonen, førtito menn. Han etterlot ingen av dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da sa han: «Grip dem levende!» De grep dem, og han slaktet dem ved Bet-Ekeds brønn, førtito menn, og lot ingen bli igjen.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da sa han: «Grip dem levende!» Og de grep dem levende og slaktet dem ved Bet-Ekeds brønn, førtito mann, og han sparte ikke en av dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sagde han: Griber dem levende, og de grebe dem levende; og de slagtede dem ved den Grøft red Beth-Eked, to og fyrretyve Mænd, og man lod ikke en Mand blive tilovers af dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og han sa: Ta dem levende. Og de tok dem levende og drepte dem ved klippehusets grop, førtito menn; han lot ikke en eneste av dem bli igjen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, forty-two men; he left none of them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han sa: Ta dem levende. De tok dem levende og drepte dem ved brønnen ved sauesaksenes hus, førtito menn, og han lot ingen unnslippe.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sa: ‘Ta dem levende,’ og de tok dem levende, og slaktet dem ved skjæreplassen, førtito menn, og han lot ingen bli igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han sa: Ta dem levende. Dermed tok de dem levende, og drepte dem ved sauekarenes skur, førtito mann, og lot ingen bli igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og han sa: Ta dem levende. Så tok de dem levende, og drepte dem ved brønnen i Bet-eked; av de førtito menn drepte han hver eneste en.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He sayde: Take them alyue. And they toke them alyue, and slewe them by the welles syde at the shepherdes house, euen two and fortye men, and let not one of them remayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he sayde, Take them aliue; they tooke them aliue, & slew them at the well beside the house where the sheepe are shorne, euen two and fourtie men, and he left not one of them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he said: Take them alyue. Whom when they had taken them alyue, they slue them at the wel whiche was beside the house where the sheepe are shoren, euen two and fourtie men, neither left he any of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, Take them alive. They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith, `Catch them alive;' and they catch them alive, and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house, forty and two men, and he hath not left a man of them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "Take them alive!" They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn't leave any of them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said,“Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 20:18 : 18 He said, 'If they have come out for peace, capture them alive; and if they have come out for war, capture them alive.'
• 2 Kgs 8:18 : 18 He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had married Ahab's daughter. He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 10:6 : 6 Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, "If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow." Now the king’s sons, seventy in all, were being raised by the prominent men of the city.
• 2 Kgs 10:10-11 : 10 Know, then, that not a word of the LORD will fall to the ground that He spoke concerning the house of Ahab. The LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah." 11 So Jehu struck down all who remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel—all his great men, close acquaintances, and priests—leaving not a single survivor.
• 2 Kgs 11:1 : 1 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed the entire royal family.
• 2 Chr 22:8 : 8 While Jehu was carrying out judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the relatives of Ahaziah, who were serving him, and he killed them.
• 2 Chr 22:10 : 10 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed the entire royal family of the house of Judah.