2 Raja-raja 10:3

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

maka pilihlah seorang yang terbaik dan yang paling tepat dari antara anak-anak tuanmu, lalu dudukkanlah dia di atas takhta ayahnya, kemudian berperanglah membela keluarga tuanmu."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
maka pilihlah seorang yang terbaik dan yang paling tepat dari antara anak-anak tuanmu, lalu dudukkanlah dia di atas takhta ayahnya, kemudian berperanglah membela keluarga tuanmu."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
hendaklah kamu pilih akan orang yang terbaik dan yang terpatut di antara segala anak tuanmu, naikkanlah dia ke atas takhta kerajaan ayahnya, lalu berperanglah kamu karena orang isi istana tuanmu!

Contextual Overview

¹ Ahab had threescore & ten sonnes in Samaria: And Iehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, vnto the rulers of Iezrahel, to the elders, and to them that brought vp Ahabs children, saying: ² Nowe when this letter commeth to you (ye that haue with you your maisters sonnes, ye haue with you both charets and horses, a strong citie haue ye also, and harnesse) ³ Loke which of your maisters sonnes is best and most meete, and set him on his fathers seate, and fight for your lordes house. ⁴ But they were exceedingly afrayde, & sayde: See, two kinges were not able to stande before him: howe shall we then be able to stande? ⁵ And he that was gouernour of Ahabs house, & he that ruled the citie, the elders also, & the tutours, sent to Iehu, saying: We are thy seruauntes, & will do all that thou shalt byd vs, we wil make no man king: therefore do thou what seemeth good in thyne eyes. ⁶ Then he wrote another letter to them, saying: If ye be myne, and wil hearken vnto my voyce, then take the heades of the men that are your maisters sonnes, and come to me to Iezrahel by to morowe this time: (And the kinges sonnes were threescore and ten persons, and they were with the great men of the citie which brought them vp.) ⁷ And when the letter came to them, they toke the kinges children, and slue them, euen threescore and ten persons, & layed their heades in baskettes, and sent them to him to Iezrahel. ⁸ And there came a messenger, and told him, saying: They haue brought the heades of the kinges sonnes. And he said: Let them lay them on two heapes in the entring in of the gate, vntill the morning. ⁹ And when it was day, he went out, and stoode, and sayde to al the folke, Ye be righteous: Behold, I conspired against my maister, and slue him: But who slue all these? ¹⁰ Learne here that there shall fall vnto the earth nothing of the worde of the Lorde, whiche he spake concerning the house of Ahab: For the Lorde hath brought to passe ye thinges that he spake by the hande of his seruaunt Elias.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Look even: Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 17:15, 1 Samuel 10:24, 1 Samuel 11:15, 2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9, 1 Kings 1:24, 1 Kings 1:25, 1 Kings 12:20

fight for: 2 Samuel 2:12-17, 1 Kings 12:21, John 18:36

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:16 - master

Cross-References

Jeremiah 51:27
Set vp a token in the lande, blowe the trumpets among the heathen, prouoke the nations agaynst her, call the kyngdomes of Ararat, Menni, and Ascanez, agaynst her, set the prince agaynst her, bryng as great a sort of terrible horses agaynst her as yf they were grashoppers.

Ezekiel 27:14
They of the house of Thogarma brought vnto thee at the time of thy marte, horses, coursers, and mules.

Gill's Notes on the 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jehu, placing his adversaries’ advantages before them in the most favorable light, called upon them to decide what they would do. The unscrupulous soldier shows shrewdness as well as courage, a sharp wit as well as a bold heart.