2 Kings 10:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 10:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 10:3 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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'..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 10:3 — KJV
“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.”
— 2 Kings 10:3 (KJV)
2 Kings 10:3 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 10:3
“Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 10:3: master, sons, set
“To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 10:3: even, set, throne
“Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 10:3: set, father, throne
“And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. purpose: Heb. say”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 10:3: set, father, throne
“These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 10:3: even, sons, father
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