2 Kings 10:24
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 10 connects to 2 cross-references. Jehu has all seventy of Ahab's sons beheaded and sends their heads to Jezreel. He also kills forty-two relatives of Ahaziah of Judah. Jehu invites all the prophets and worshipers of Baal to a solemn assembly in the temple of …
Other Translations
And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, `The man who letteth escape <FI>any<Fi> of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand--his soul for his soul.'
Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.