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.”

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.”

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.”

choose the best qualified of your master’s sons, set 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.”

Samuel spoke to all the people. He said,“ Look at the man the Lord has chosen! There isn’t anyone like him among all the people.” Then the people shouted,“ May the king live a long time!”

So all the people went to Gilgal. There, with the Lord as witness, they made Saul their king. There they sacrificed friendship offerings to the Lord. And there Saul and all the Israelites celebrated with great joy.

You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. You will take it as your own. You will make your homes in it. When you do, you will say,“ Let’s appoint a king over us, just like all the nations around us.”When that happens, make sure you appoint over yourselves a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your own people. Don’t appoint over yourselves someone from another country. Don’t choose anyone who isn’t from one of the tribes of Israel.

Abner, the son of Ner, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon. The men of Ish- Bosheth, the son of Saul, went with him.Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and David’s men also went out. All of them met at the pool in Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool. The other group sat on the other side.Then Abner said to Joab,“ Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight. Let’s tell them to fight hand to hand in front of us.”“ All right. Let them do it,” Joab said.So the young men stood up and were counted off. There were 12 on the side of Benjamin and Saul’s son Ish- Bosheth. And there were 12 on David’s side.Each man grabbed one of his enemies by the head. Each one stuck his dagger into the other man’s side. And all of them fell down together and died. So that place in Gibeon was named Helkath Hazzurim.The fighting that day was very heavy. Abner and the Israelites lost the battle to David’s men.

Nathan said,“ You are my king and master. Have you announced that Adonijah will be king after you? Have you said he will sit on your throne?Today he has gone down outside the city. He has sacrificed large numbers of cattle, fat calves and sheep. He has invited all the king’s sons. He has also invited the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. Even now they are eating and drinking with him. They are saying,‘ May King Adonijah live a long time!’

Jesus said,“ My kingdom is not from this world. If it were, those who serve me would fight. They would try to keep the Jewish leaders from arresting me. My kingdom is from another place.”

Abner, the son of Ner, was commander of Saul’s army. Abner had brought Saul’s son Ish- Bosheth to Mahanaim.There Abner made Ish- Bosheth king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel. He also made him king over Ephraim, Benjamin and other areas of Israel.

All the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned. They sent for him. They wanted him to meet with the whole community. Then they made him king over the entire nation of Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained true to David’s royal family.Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem. He brought together 180,000 capable young men from Judah and the tribe of Benjamin. He had decided to go to war against Israel. Solomon’s son Rehoboam wanted his fighting men to get the kingdom of Israel back for him.