1. AHAB HAD seventy [grandsons] in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them from Jezreel to the rulers of Samaria, to the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab's [grandsons], saying,
2. Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master [Joram's] sons are with you and also chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons,
3. Select the best and most fit of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne; and fight for your master's house.
4. But they were exceedingly afraid and reasoned, The two kings could not stand before [Jehu]; how then can we stand?