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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
We left Jehu in quiet possession of Jezreel, triumphing over Joram and Jezebel; and we must now attend his further motions. He knew the whole house of Ahab must be cut off, and therefore proceeded in…
Cambridge Bible
look even[R.V. look ye] out the best The insertion of -even" gives a false emphasis, and the conjunction of the original is merely the mark of the apodosis, and is properly left unrendered in English.…
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