2 Kings 18:23

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges {H6148} to my lord {H113} the king {H4428} of Assyria {H804}, and I will deliver {H5414} thee two thousand {H505} horses {H5483}, if thou be able {H3201} on thy part to set {H5414} riders {H7392} upon them.

All right, then, make a wager with my lord the king of Ashur: I will give you two thousand horses if you can find enough riders for them.

Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 20:10 (2 votes)

    And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

  • Nehemiah 4:2 (2 votes)

    And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

  • Nehemiah 4:5 (2 votes)

    And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

  • 1 Samuel 17:42 (2 votes)

    And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.

  • Isaiah 36:8 (2 votes)

    Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

  • Isaiah 36:9 (2 votes)

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • 1 Samuel 17:44 (2 votes)

    And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.