2 Kings 10:4
“But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?”
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2 Kings 10:4 Context
2Now assoone as this letter commeth to you, seeing your masters sons are with you, and there are with you charets and horses, a fenced citie also, and armour: 3Looke euen out the best and meetest of your masters sonnes, and set him on his fathers throne, and fight for your masters house. 4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 5And he that was ouer the house, and he that was ouer the citie, the elders also, and the bringers vp of the children, sent to Iehu, saying, Wee are thy seruants, and will doe all that thou shalt bid vs, we will not make any king: doe thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If yee be mine, and if ye will hearken vnto my voyce, take ye the heads of the men your masters sonnes, and come to me to Iezreel by to morow this time: (now the kings sonnes being seuenty persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them vp.)
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But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
- King James Version
But they feared greatly and said, "Behold, the two kings did not stand before him; how then can we stand?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)