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2 Kings 10:3

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:

2 “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,

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?”

5 So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

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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
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
KJV
Look even out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
WEB
select the best and fittest of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
ASV
look ye out the best and meetest of your master`s sons, and set him on his father`s throne, and fight for your master`s house.
DARBY
look out the best and worthiest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
BLB
choose the best and the most upright of the sons of your⁺ master, and set [him] on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your⁺ master.”
ÅB
så utse dere den beste og mest skikkede blant deres herres sønner og sett ham på hans fars trone og strid for deres herres hus!
OTB
velg den beste og mest kapable av deres herres sønner, sett ham på hans fars trone, og kjemp for deres herres hus.”
B1930
så utse eder den beste og mest skikkede blandt eders herres sønner og sett ham på hans fars trone og strid for eders herres hus!

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 2:12–17

    One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:24

    Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

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  • 2 Samuel 2:8–9

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

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  • John 18:36

    Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”

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  • 1 Kings 1:24–25

    “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

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  • Deuteronomy 17:14–15

    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

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  • 1 Kings 12:20–21

    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

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