2 Kings 10:2
1 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
3 select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
4 But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
- KJV
- Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
- WEB
- “Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor,
- ASV
- And now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master`s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor;
- DARBY
- And now, when this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots, and horses, and a fortified city, and armour,
- BLB
- “And now at the coming in of this letter to you⁺—and with you⁺ [are] sons of your⁺ master, and with you⁺ [are] the chariots and the horses, and a fortified city, and weapons—
- ÅB
- Når nå dette brev kommer til dere, dere som har deres herres sønner hos dere, og som råder over vognene og hestene og en fast by og våbnene,
- OTB
- “Når dette brevet kommer til dere, siden deres herres sønner er hos dere, og dere har vogner, hester, en befestet by og våpen,
- B1930
- Når nu dette brev kommer til eder, I som har eders herres sønner hos eder, og som råder over vognene og hestene og en fast by og våbnene,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 5:6
And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
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