Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
even look for 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 American Standard Bible
select the best and
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
select the most qualified
International Standard Version
select the best and most qualified of your master's sons, set him in place on his father's throne, and fight for your master's dynasty!"
A Conservative Version
look ye out for the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
select the best and most capable of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s [royal] house.”
Bible in Basic English
Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and put up a fight for your master's family.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And see the good and the straight of your lord's sons, and set upon the throne of his father, and war for the house of your lord.
King James 2000
Choose the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
then you must select the best and the most suitable from the sons of your master, and you must place [him] on the throne of his father, and they must fight for the house of your masters."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore choose the best, and him that most pleaseth you of your master's sons, and put him on his father's seat, and fight for your lord's house."
NET Bible
pick the best and most capable of your master's sons, place him on his father's throne, and defend your master's dynasty."
New Heart English Bible
Select the best and fittest of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."
The Emphasized Bible
ye shall look out the goodliest and fittest of the sons of your lord, and set on the throne of his father, and ye shall do battle for the house of your lord.
Webster
Look 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.
World English Bible
Select the best and fittest of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord, and have set him on the throne of his father, and fight ye for the house of your lord.'
Themes
Ahab » King of israel » Sons of, murdered
Children » Edict to murder » Of jehu
Enthusiasm » Instances of » Jehu
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Jehu
Jehu » Son of nimshi, king of israel » Religious zeal of, in killing idolaters
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 10:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehu Continues Purging The House Of Ahab
2 And now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, and chariots and horses are with you, also a fortified city and armor, 3 even look for the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4 And they were exceedingly afraid and said, Behold, two kings did not stand before him; how then shall we stand?
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:14-15
When you come to the land which Jehovah your God gives you, and shall possess it and shall live in it and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations around me,
1 Samuel 10:24
And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom Jehovah has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Let the king live!
1 Samuel 11:15
And all the people went to Gilgal, and made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before Jehovah. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
2 Samuel 2:8-9
But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 2:12-17
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
1 Kings 1:24-25
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
1 Kings 12:20-21
And it happened when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the company, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
John 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would fight so that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.