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2 Kings 10:3
3look 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.
2 Kings 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)choose the best and most worthy of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne. Then fight for your master’s house.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)select the best and fittest of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne and fight for your master's house."
- New King James Version (NKJV)choose the best qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.
Context of 2 Kings 10:3
1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the princes of Jizreel, to the elders, and to Ahab's guardians, saying, 2And 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, 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. 4And they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him; and how shall we stand? 5And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, and the elders, and the guardians sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any one king; do what is good in thy sight.
Read all of 2 Kings 102 Kings 10:3 word by word
וּרְאִיתֶ֞ם הַטּ֤וֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר֙ מִבְּנֵ֣י אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם וְשַׂמְתֶּ֖ם עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א אָבִ֑יו וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Kings 10:3
- Deuteronomy 17:14When thou comest unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;
- 1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, May the king live.
- 1 Samuel 11:15And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed peace-offerings before Jehovah. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.
- 2 Samuel 2:8And Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- 1 Kings 1:24And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
- 1 Kings 12:20And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel: none followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
- 2 Samuel 2:12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- 1 Kings 12:21And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men apt for war, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
- John 18:36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants had fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 10:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Jehu, placing his adversaries‘ advantages before them in the most favorable light, called upon them to decide what they would do. The unscrupulous soldier shows shrewdness as well as courage, a sharp wit as well as a bold heart.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-5Jehu's message about the city's military strength to protect Ahab's remaining family was actually a war declaration. The leaders of Samaria understood this. Jehu led Israel's main army and had already shown his power and ruthlessness at Jezreel. The leaders were so scared that they agreed to follow all of Jehu's orders.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-172Ki 10:1-17. Jehu Causes Seventy of Ahab's Children to Be Beheaded. 1-4. Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria--As it appears (2Ki 10:13), that grandsons are included it is probable that this number comprehended the whole posterity of Ahab. Their being all assembled in that capital might arise from their being left there on the king's departure for Ramoth-gilead, or from their taking refuge in some of the strongholds of that city on the news of Jehu's…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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