choose the best qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

接了这信，就可以在你们主人的众子中选择一个贤能合宜的，使他坐他父亲的位，你们也可以为你们主人的家争战。”

可以在你们主人的众儿子中选一个贤能正直的，使他坐他父亲的王位，你们也可以为你们主人的家作战。”

可以在你们主人的众儿子中选一个贤能正直的，使他坐他父亲的王位，你们也可以为你们主人的家作战。”

就可以从你们主人的子孙中选立一个最好的继承王位，为你们主人家而战。”

你们就要看看在你们主人的儿子中，哪一个是最好最合适的，把他立在父亲的宝座上；你们又要为你们主人的家作战。”

接了這信，就可以在你們主人的眾子中選擇一個賢能合宜的，使他坐他父親的位，你們也可以為你們主人的家爭戰。」

可以在你們主人的眾兒子中選一個賢能正直的，使他坐他父親的王位，你們也可以為你們主人的家作戰。」

可以在你們主人的眾兒子中選一個賢能正直的，使他坐他父親的王位，你們也可以為你們主人的家作戰。」

就可以從你們主人的子孫中選立一個最好的繼承王位，為你們主人家而戰。」

你們就要看看在你們主人的兒子中，哪一個是最好最合適的，把他立在父親的寶座上；你們又要為你們主人的家作戰。”

你們就要在你們主上的兒子中間看定了一個最好最適當的，使他坐他父親的王位；你們要為你們主上的家爭戰。』

爾接此書、可擇爾主眾子中、賢而適宜者、俾踐其父之位、而為爾主之家戰爭、

爾當簡王子之德容具備者、使踐王位、為國家而興戰鬥。

choose the best and most worthy of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne. Then fight for your master’s house.”

Choose the best and most respected son of your master. Place him on his father Joram’s throne. Then fight for your master’s royal house.”

select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.”

select the best qualified of your master’s sons to be your king, and prepare to fight for Ahab’s dynasty.”

select the most qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

select the best and most capable of your master’s sons and seat him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”

look ye 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.

select the most qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

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.

pick the best and most capable of your master’s sons, place him on his father’s throne, and defend your master’s dynasty.”

Select the best and fittest of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”

And Samuel said to all the people,“ Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?” So all the people shouted and said,“ Long live the king!”

So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they made sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

“ When you come to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say,‘ I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.

Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. So they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.Then Abner said to Joab,“ Let the young men now arise and compete before us.” And Joab said,“ Let them arise.”So they arose and went over by number, twelve from Benjamin, followers of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.And each one grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Swords, which is in Gibeon.So there was a very fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

And Nathan said,“ My Lord, O king, have you said,‘ Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed oxen and fattened cattle and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and look! They are eating and drinking before him; and they say,‘ Long live King Adonijah!’

Jesus answered,“ My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.”

But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim;and he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.