2 Kings 10 · Verse 3

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 10:3, King James Version

2 Kings 10:3 in other translations

BSBselect the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
WEBselect the best and fittest of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
ASVlook 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.
YLTand 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.'
DARBYlook 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.
BBETake 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.
WebsterLook 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.

What does 2 Kings 10:3 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…

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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…

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2 Kings 10:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּרְאִיתֶ֞םu.re.'i.Temand you will seeH7200
הַטּ֤וֹבha.Tovthe goodH2896
וְהַיָּשָׁר֙ve.hai.ya.Sharand the rightH3477
מִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.Neiof [the] sons ofH1121
אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם'a.do.nei.Khemmaster<s> yourH113
וְשַׂמְתֶּ֖םve.sam.Temand you will set [him]H7760
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'[the] throne ofH3678
אָבִ֑יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֖וּve.hi.la.cha.Muand fightH3898
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
אֲדֹנֵיכֶֽם\׃'a.do.nei.Khemmaster<s> yourH113

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 10:3

  • 2 Samuel 2:12-17

    And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. …

  • 1 Samuel 11:15

    And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

  • 1 Samuel 10:24

    And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

  • 2 Samuel 2:8-9

    But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

  • John 18:36

    Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

  • 1 Kings 1:24-25

    And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.

  • Deuteronomy 17:14-15

    When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

  • 1 Kings 12:20-21

    And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Look even.
De 17:14,15; 1Sa 10:24; 11:15; 2Sa 2:8,9; 1Ki 1:24,25; 12:20
fight for.
2Sa 2:12-17; 1Ki 12:21; Joh 18:36

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Context

  • 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 10:4

    But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

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2 Kings 10:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mirad cuál es el mejor y él más recto de los hijos de vuestro señor, y ponedlo en el trono de su padre, y pelead por la casa de vuestro señor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
regardez lequel des fils de votre seigneur est le meilleur et le plus apte, et mettez-le sur le trône de son père, et combattez pour la maison de votre seigneur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
so ersehet den besten und tüchtigsten aus den Söhnen eures Herrn, und setzet ihn auf den Thron seines Vaters; und streitet für das Haus eures Herrn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
eligite meliorem, et eum qui vobis placuerit de filiis domini vestri, et eum ponite super solium patris sui, et pugnate pro domo domini vestri.