2 Kings 10:3
“Looke euen out the best and meetest of your masters sonnes, and set him on his fathers throne, and fight for your masters house.”
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2 Kings 10:3 Context
1And Ahab had seuentie sonnes in Samaria: and Iehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria vnto the rulers of Iezreel, to the Elders, and to them that brought vp Ahabs children, saying, 2Now assoone as this letter commeth to you, seeing your masters sons are with you, and there are with you charets and horses, a fenced citie also, and armour: 3Looke euen out the best and meetest of your masters sonnes, and set him on his fathers throne, and fight for your masters house. 4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 5And he that was ouer the house, and he that was ouer the citie, the elders also, and the bringers vp of the children, sent to Iehu, saying, Wee are thy seruants, and will doe all that thou shalt bid vs, we will not make any king: doe thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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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.
- King James Version
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 American Standard Version (1995)
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)
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.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's 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."
- World English Bible
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.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible