King 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."
— 2 Kings 10:3, King James 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. ”
“Select the best and fittest of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."”
“pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.””
“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.”
“Take 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.”
“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.”
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,
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;
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.
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.