Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will provide a handful for each of the people who follow me.”
2 Kings 18:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So now, make a wager and give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria: I will deliver you 2,000 horses–if you can on your part put riders on them. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible “So now make a wager with my master, Assyria’s king. I’ll give you two thousand horses if you can supply the riders! Catholic Public Domain Version Now therefore, cross over to my lord, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, and we will see if you even have enough riders for them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will provide a handful for each of the people who follow me.”
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
But if you say to me, ‘We rely on the Lord our God,’ is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the field.”