Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up 'the sons of' Ahab, saying,
Forsoþe seuenti sones in Samarie weren to Achab. Þerfor Hieu wroot lettris, and sente in to Samarie to þe beste men of þe citee, and to þe gretter men in birþe, and to alle þe nurschis of Achab, and seide,