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2 Kings 10:4

But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

In Context

3select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”

5So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 9:24Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

Job 41:8If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

Jeremiah 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king does not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 10:2-15

Death of Ahab's Sons; the Death of Ahaziah's Brethren. ( b. c. 884.) 1 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, 2 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; 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for… Read the whole commentary →

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