2 “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry, 3 select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.” 4 But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
2 Kings 10:2–4
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