2 Kings 10:3
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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.

Look even

Deuteronomy 17:14,15 When thou art come into the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, and possessest it, and shalt say: I will set a king over me, as all nations have that are round about: . . .

1 Samuel 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people: Surely you see him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people. And all the people cried and said: God save the king.

1 Samuel 11:15 And all the people went to Galgal, and there they made Saul king, before the Lord in Galgal, and they sacrificed there victims of peace before the Lord. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced exceedingly.

2 Samuel 2:8,9 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp, . . .

1 Kings 1:24,25 Nathan said: My lord, O king, hast thou said: Let Adonias reign after me, and let him sit upon my throne? . . .

1 Kings 12:20 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they gathered an assembly, and sent and called him, and made him king over all Israel, and there was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Juda only.

fight for

2 Samuel 2:12-17 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon. . . .

1 Kings 12:21 And Roboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered together all the house of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred fourscore thousand chosen men for war, to fight against the house of Israel, and to bring the kingdom again under Roboam, the son of Solomon.

John 18:36 Jesus answered: My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would certainly strive that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.

Context
Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Family
2As soon as you receive these letters, ye that have your master's sons, and chariots, and horses, and fenced cities, and armour, 3Choose 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.4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said: Behold two kings could not stand before him, and how shall we be able to resist?…
Cross References
2 Kings 10:2
As soon as you receive these letters, ye that have your master's sons, and chariots, and horses, and fenced cities, and armour,

2 Kings 10:4
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said: Behold two kings could not stand before him, and how shall we be able to resist?

Lexicon
select
וּרְאִיתֶ֞ם (ū·rə·’î·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

the best
הַטּ֤וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and most worthy
וְהַיָּשָׁר֙ (wə·hay·yā·šār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

son
מִבְּנֵ֣י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of your master,
אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·ḏō·nê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

set
וְשַׂמְתֶּ֖ם (wə·śam·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

him on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his father’s
אָבִ֑יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

throne,
כִּסֵּ֣א (kis·sê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3678: Seat of honor, throne

and fight
וְהִֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ (wə·hil·lā·ḥă·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

for
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your master’s
אֲדֹנֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ă·ḏō·nê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

house.”
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”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.

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.

do ye accordingly look out the best and fittest among your master's sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.'
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