1. Since Ahab had 70 sons in Samaria, Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab’s sons, saying:
2. When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots, horses, a fortified city, and weaponry,
3. select the most qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
4. However, they were terrified and reasoned, “Look, two kings couldn’t stand against him; how can we? ”