2 Kings 10:2

What does 2 Kings 10:2 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 10:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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 fortified city also, and armor;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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 fortified city also, and armor;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you have carriages and horses and a walled town and arms;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you <FI>are<Fi> sons of your lord, and with you <FI>are<Fi> the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

As soon as you receive these letters, ye that have your master's sons, and chariots, and horses, and fenced cities, and armour,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And now, when this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots, and horses, and a fortified city, and armour,

Context

v.1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying,

v.2This passage

v.3look 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 5:6

    And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

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