2 Kings 10:14

WEB

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

KJV

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.

Commentary

And he said, take them alive,.... Gave orders to his guards to seize them, and make them captives: and they took them alive, and sl ew them at the pit of the shearing house; where they washed the sheep when they sheered them: even forty and two men, neither left he any of them; they being, by their grandmother's side, of the house of Ahab, and so within the commission of Jehu to slay them, at least as he thought; though his chief view might be, lest they should make any pretensions to the crown, being descended from that house, or should hereafter attempt to avenge the death of their relations; but by the judgment of God they were cut off as idolaters.