Isaiah 36:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The king of Assyria wants to make a bet with you people! He will give you two thousand horses, if you have enough troops to ride them.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:10

he replied, “I'll completely destroy Samaria! There won't even be enough of it left for my soldiers to carry back in their hands. If I don't do it, I pray that the gods will punish me terribly.”

1 Kings 20:18

“Take them alive!” Benhadad ordered. “I don't care if they have come out to fight or to surrender.”

2 Kings 14:14

He took the gold and silver, as well as everything of value from the LORD's temple and the king's treasury. He took hostages, then returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 18:13

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's rule in Judah, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city, except Jerusalem.

2 Kings 18:23

The king of Assyria wants to make a bet with you people. He will give you two thousand horses, if you have enough troops to ride them.

Isaiah 36:2

except Jerusalem. The Assyrian king ordered his army commander to leave the city of Lachish and to take a large army to Jerusalem. The commander went there and stood on the road near the cloth makers' shops along the canal from the upper pool.

Isaiah 36:7

Is Hezekiah now depending on the LORD, your God? Didn't Hezekiah tear down all except one of the LORD's altars and places of worship? Didn't he tell the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship at that one place?

Isaiah 36:9

How could you defeat even our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egypt for chariots and cavalry?