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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:3 tn Hebrew יָשָׁר (yashar) does not have its normal moral/ethical nuance here (“upright”), but a more neutral sense of “proper, right, suitable.” For the gloss “capable,” see HALOT 450 s.v. יָשָׁר.
  2. 2 Kings 10:3 tn Or “fight for.”