2 Kings 10:4 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 10:4

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria--As it appears (2Ki 10:13), that grandsons are included it is probable that this number comprehended the whole posterity of Ahab.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Therefore they sent him a surrender of themselves: " We are thy servants, thy subjects, and will do all that thou shalt bid us, right or wrong, and will set up nobody in competition with thee." They saw it was to no purpose to contend with him, and therefore it was their interest to submit to him.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽרְאוּ֙	vai.yir.'U	and they were afraid	H3372 →
מְאֹ֣ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
מְאֹ֔ד	me.'Od	very	H3966 →
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	vai.Yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
הִנֵּה֙	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	[the] two	H8147 →
הַמְּלָכִ֔ים	ha.me.la.Khim	the kings	H4428 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
עָמְד֖וּ	'a.me.Du	they stood	H5975 →
לְפָנָ֑יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
וְאֵ֖יךְ	ve.'Eikh	and how?	H349 →
נַעֲמֹ֥ד	na.'a.Mod	will we stand	H5975 →
אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃	'a.Na.che.nu	we	H587 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, 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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 12:5
  “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets…
- Jeremiah 30:21
  Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own…
Through
Luke 14:31
Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
leads to
- Proverbs 20:18
  Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Through
2 Kings 9:27
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur,…
leads to
- Judges 1:27
  At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
- Joshua 17:11
  Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
Through
Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
leads to
- Hebrews 6:8
  But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
- Isaiah 10:17
  And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
- Matthew 3:12
  His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings