2 Kings 10:3
1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
2 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;
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.
4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 2:12–17
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
Read in context1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
Read in context1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
Read in context2 Samuel 2:8–9
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
Read in contextJohn 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Read in context1 Kings 1:24–25
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:14–15
When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Read in context1 Kings 12:20–21
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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