2 Kings 10:2
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;
2 Kings 10:2 in other translations
| BSB | “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry, |
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| WEB | “Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor, |
| ASV | And 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 fortified city also, and armor; |
| YLT | ‘And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you are sons of your lord, and with you are the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour, |
| DARBY | And 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, |
| BBE | Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms; |
| Webster | 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 fortified city also, and armor; |
What does 2 Kings 10:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 10:1-4
2Ki 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 10:1-14
In the most awful events, though attended by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God are to be noticed; and he never did nor can command any thing unjust or unreasonable. Jehu destroyed all that remained of the house of Ahab; all who had been partners in his wickedness. When we think upon the sufferings and miseries of mankind, when we look forward to the resurrection and last judgment, and think upon…
2 Kings 10:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 10:2
- 2 Kings 5:6
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
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Context
- 2 Kings 10:1
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 Kings 10:2
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;
- 2 Kings 10:3
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.
2 Kings 10:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Luego en llegando estas letras á vosotros los que tenéis los hijos de vuestro señor, y los que tenéis carros y gente de á caballo, la ciudad pertrechada, y las armas, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Maintenant, quand cette lettre vous sera parvenue, puisque vous avez avec vous les fils de votre seigneur, et que vous avez les chars et les chevaux, et une ville forte et des armes, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und nun, wenn dieser Brief zu euch kommt, -bei euch sind ja die Söhne eures Herrn, und bei euch die Wagen und die Rosse, und eine feste Stadt und Waffen- |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Statim ut acceperitis litteras has, qui habetis filios domini vestri, et currus, et equos, et civitates firmas, et arma, |