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2Ki 10:8 — 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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there came   2Sa 11:18-21; 1Ki 21:14; Mar 6:28
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."""
until the morning   Deu 21:23
Correlating Passages
there came
2Sa 11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
2Sa 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2Sa 11:20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
2Sa 11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
1Ki 21:14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
Mar 6:28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
until the morning
Deu 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 10:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ki/10/8.html>.

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