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look you out the best and meet of your master`s sons, and set him on his father`s throne, and fight for your master`s house.
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A Sarcastic and Strategic Taunt
Commentators agree that Jehu's message was not a genuine offer but a sarcastic and strategic taunt. Scholars like Barnes and Gill note that by daring the leaders of Samaria to pick a new king and fight, Jehu was using psychological warfare. He shrewdly highlighted their options, knowing their fear of him would force them to surrender without a fight.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Jehu, placing his adversaries’ advantages before them in the most favorable light, called upon them to decide what they would do. The unscrupulous …
19th Century
Anglican
The best and meetest — that is, the one you think best qualified in every sense (not merely in the moral sense).
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons
Most fit for government, whether on account of age or pro…
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In the most terrible events, though accompanied by the basest crimes of man, the truth and justice of God should be recognized; and he never has co…
