Bible Strands
2 Kings 10:3
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehu’s letter commands the officials and elders of Jezreel to choose the most capable son of their master to succeed him as king and defend the royal household.
The words — The Hebrew וּרְאִיתֶם (u./re.'i.Tem) literally means “and you will see,” paired with הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר (ha./Tov ve./hai./ya.Shar) for “the good and the right.”
The thread — The selection of a ruler mirrors Deuteronomy 17:14 regarding future kingship, while 1 Samuel 10:24 and 11:15 record the people’s public confirmation of Saul as king.
Why it lands — The text demands immediate political calculation from the Jezreel leadership, forcing them to weigh survival against loyalty before acting.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 17:14 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
- 1 Samuel 10:24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 1 Samuel 11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
- 2 Samuel 2:8 Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,
- 2 Samuel 2:12 One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- 1 Kings 1:24 “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
- 1 Kings 12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
- John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”