King James Version
2 Kings 10:4 in the King James Version says “But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?”
2 Kings 10:4 · KJV
Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
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.
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. mine: Heb. for me
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“But they were exceedingly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“But they were exceedingly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him how then shall we stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“not before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“him how then shall we stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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