KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Choose the best and most capable of your master's sons, put him on his father's throne, and fight to defend your master's family.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is a challenge being issued to choose a successor and prepare for battle to defend the royal family.
📚 Historical Context
This was part of Jehu's message to the officials in Samaria who were caring for King Ahab's seventy sons after Ahab's death. Jehu had been anointed by God to destroy Ahab's dynasty and was essentially daring them to choose one of Ahab's sons as the new king and fight against him. The officials were being forced to decide whether to resist Jehu's divinely-appointed mission or submit to it.
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