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2 Kings 10:3

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10:3pick the best and most capable4 of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend5 your master’s dynasty.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see יָשָׁר.
  2. 5 Or “fight for.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard 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.”

NIVNew 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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

select the most qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

NLTNew Living Translation

select the best qualified of your master’s sons to be your king, and prepare to fight for Ahab’s dynasty.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

then you must select the best and the most suitable from the sons of your master, and you must place him on the throne of his father, and they must fight for the house of your masters.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.