2 Kings 10:3
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New International Version (©2011)
choose the best and most worthy of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne. Then fight for your master's house."

New Living Translation (©2007)
select the best qualified of your master's sons to be your king, and prepare to fight for Ahab's dynasty."

English Standard Version (©2001)
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 Bible (©1995)
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."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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 Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
select the most qualified of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

International Standard Version (©2012)
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!"

NET Bible (©2006)
pick the best and most capable of your master's sons, place him on his father's throne, and defend your master's dynasty."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
choose the best and most honest of your master's heirs, and put him on Ahab's throne. Fight for your master's family."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
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.

American King James Version
Look even 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Choose the best, and him that shall please you most of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for the house of your master.

Darby Bible 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.

English Revised 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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."

Young's 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.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 the vast number of the wicked waiting their awful sentence of everlasting fire; when the whole sum of death and misery has been considered, the solemn question occurs, Who slew all these? The answer is, SIN. Shall we then harbour sin in our bosoms, and seek for happiness from that which is the cause of all misery?

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - Look even out the belt and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne. "Choose," i.e., "among the sons of Joram the strongest, the boldest, and the ablest, and make him king in his father's zoom; take him for your leader against me; do not hesitate and beat about the bush; but at once make up your minds, and let me know what I have to expect." And fight for your master's house. There had been a civil war before the dynasty of Omri succeeded in settling itself on the throne (1 Kings 16:21, 22). Jehu believes, or affects to believe, that there will now be another. He does not deprecate it, but invites it. Probably he felt tolerably confident that the garrison of Samaria, even if called upon by the municipality, would not venture to take up arms against the army of Ramoth-Gilead, which had declared itself in his favor. Still, supposing that it did, he was not fearful of the result.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons,.... Most fit for government, whether on account of age or proper qualifications, and wisdom, courage, &c.

and set him on his father's throne; proclaim him king:

and fight for your master's house; that the crown may continue in his family; all which he did not desire might be, but in this sarcastic and sneering manner dares them to do it.

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Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Family
1And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, 2Now 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 fenced city also, and armor; 3Look even 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. …

2 Kings 10:2 "You have your master's sons with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weapons. Now as soon as this letter reaches you,
2 Kings 10:4 But they were terrified and said, "If two kings could not resist him, how can we?"