Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! New Living Translation “I’ll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them! English Standard Version Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. Berean Standard Bible 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! King James Bible 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. New King James Version Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them! New American Standard Bible Now then, come make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to put riders on them! NASB 1995 “Now therefore, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. NASB 1977 “Now therefore, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. Legacy Standard Bible So now, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to give riders for them. Amplified Bible Now then, make a bargain with my lord the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if on your part you can put riders on them. Christian Standard Bible “So now, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria. I’ll give you two thousand horses if you’re able to supply riders for them! Holman Christian Standard Bible So now make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them! American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And now the Assyrians are mixed with my Lord the King, and I shall give you two thousand horses, if you have horsemen whom you will set upon them! Brenton Septuagint Translation And now, I pray you, make and agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to set riders upon them. Contemporary English Version The king of Assyria wants to make a bet with you people. He will give you 2,000 horses, if you have enough troops to ride them. Douay-Rheims Bible Now therefore come over to my master the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to have riders for them. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Now, make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I'll give you 2,000 horses if you can put riders on them. Good News Translation I will make a bargain with you in the name of the emperor. I will give you two thousand horses if you can find that many men to ride them! International Standard Version "Come now, and make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria, and I'll give you 2,000 horses, if you can furnish them with riders. JPS Tanakh 1917 Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with 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. Literal Standard Version And now, please give a pledge for yourself to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give two thousand horses to you, if you are able to give riders for yourself on them. Majority Standard Bible 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! New American Bible “Now, make a wager with my lord, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you are able to put riders on them. NET Bible Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them. New Revised Standard Version Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. New Heart English Bible Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. Webster's Bible Translation Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to set riders upon them. World English Bible Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able on your part to set riders on them. Young's Literal Translation 'And, now, give a pledge for thee, I pray thee, to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to give for thee riders on them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem…22But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’? 23Now, 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! 24For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?… Cross References 2 Kings 18:22 But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD our God,' is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: 'You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem'? 2 Kings 18:24 For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master's servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? Treasury of Scripture Now therefore, I pray you, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver you two thousand horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them. pledges. 1 Samuel 17:42,44 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… 1 Kings 20:10,18 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 4:2-5 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? … Jump to Previous Able Asshur Assyria Bargain Chance Deliver Horsemen Horses Master Part Please Pledge Pledges Riders Thousand WagerJump to Next Able Asshur Assyria Bargain Chance Deliver Horsemen Horses Master Part Please Pledge Pledges Riders Thousand Wager2 Kings 18 1. Hezekiah's good reign4. He destroys idolatry, and prospers 9. The inhabitants of Samaria are carried captive for their sins 13. Sennacherib invading Judah, is pacified by a tribute 17. Rabshakeh, by blasphemous persuasions, solicits the people to revolt (23) Give pledges to.--Rather, make a compact with . . . So the Syriac; literally, mingle with . . . have dealings with (Psalm 106:35). Gesenius explains: join battle with; literally, mingle yourselves with: LXX., ??????? ??. Mr. Cheyne prefers, lay a wager with . . . The rab-sak sneers at Hezekiah's want of cavalry, an arm in which the Assyrians were preeminently strong; and further hints that even if horses were supplied him in numbers sufficient to constitute an ordinary troop, he would not be able to muster an equivalent number of trained riders.Verse 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. "Pledge thyself," i.e. "to find the men, and I will pledge myself to find the horses." It is a strong expression of contempt for the military power of the Jews. They have not only no trained cavalry, but, were any one to furnish them with two thousand horses, they could not find the men to ride them. The Jewish army does, in fact, appear to have consisted of infantry and chariots only. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now, therefore,וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time make a bargain הִתְעָ֣רֶב (hiṯ·‘ā·reḇ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among my master, אֲדֹנִ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller the king מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Assyria. אַשּׁ֑וּר (’aš·šūr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 804: Ashshur I will give וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה (wə·’et·tə·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you לְךָ֙ (lə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew two thousand אַלְפַּ֣יִם (’al·pa·yim) Number - md Strong's 505: A thousand horses— סוּסִ֔ים (sū·sîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird) if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you can תּוּכַ֕ל (tū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3201: To be able, have power put לָ֥תֶת (lā·ṯeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5414: To give, put, set riders רֹכְבִ֥ים (rō·ḵə·ḇîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch on them! עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links 2 Kings 18:23 NIV2 Kings 18:23 NLT 2 Kings 18:23 ESV 2 Kings 18:23 NASB 2 Kings 18:23 KJV 2 Kings 18:23 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 18:23 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 18:23 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 18:23 French Bible 2 Kings 18:23 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 18:23 Now therefore Please give pledges to my (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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