1. And Aḥaḇ had seventy sons in Shomeron. And Yĕhu wrote letters and sent to Shomeron, to the rulers of Yizre‛ĕl, to the elders, and to the guardians of Aḥaḇ, saying,
2. And now, when this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, and a walled city, and weapons,
3. choose the best and most upright of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
4. And they were greatly afraid, and said, “Look, two sovereigns have not stood before him, how do we stand, we?”