2 Kings 10:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Select the best and most suitable of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    select the best and most upright of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    look ye out{H7200} the best{H2896} and meetest{H3477} of your master's{H113} sons,{H1121} and set{H7760} him on his father's{H1} throne,{H3678} and fight{H3898} for your master's{H113} house.{H1004}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Look even out{H7200}{(H8804)} the best{H2896} and meetest{H3477} of your master's{H113} sons{H1121}, and set{H7760}{(H8804)} him on his father's{H1} throne{H3678}, and fight{H3898}{(H8734)} for your master's{H113} house{H1004}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    loke which is the best and most righteous amonge youre lordes sonnes, & set him vpon his fathers seate, and fighte for youre lordes house.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Consider therefore which of your masters sonnes is best and most meete, and set him on his fathers throne, and fight for your masters house.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Loke which of your maisters sonnes is best and most meete, and set him on his fathers seate, and fight for your lordes house.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    look you out the best and meet of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Select the best and fittest of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:14-15 : 14 When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,' 15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses: one from among your brothers you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
  • 1 Sam 10:24 : 24 And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
  • 1 Sam 11:15 : 15 And all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
  • 2 Sam 2:8-9 : 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
  • 2 Sam 2:12-17 : 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, one on one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, belonging to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And they grabbed every one his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword into his opponent's side; so they fell together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
  • 1 Kgs 1:24-25 : 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the captains of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Long live King Adonijah.
  • 1 Kgs 12:20-21 : 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come again, they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 21 And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
  • John 18:36 : 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 should not be delivered to the Jews; but now my kingdom is not from here.

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    2 As soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor;

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    20 And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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    35 Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

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    27 Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

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    4 That the Lord may continue His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.

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    12 And when your days are fulfilled, and you shall rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall come out of your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

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    30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD has done for my lord according to all the good He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

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    7 And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

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    7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

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    6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.

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    13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God; and let the LORD do what is good in his sight.

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    11 My sons, do not be negligent now: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him, and burn incense.

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    5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

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    12 Be of good courage, and let us be valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do what seems good to him.

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