Then Ben-Hadad sent word to him again saying, “May the gods do so to me and even more, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people at my feet.”
2 Kings 18:23 - Tree of Life Version “So now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses—if you could put riders of your own on them! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Then Ben-Hadad sent word to him again saying, “May the gods do so to me and even more, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people at my feet.”
He said, “Whether they are coming out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are coming out for battle, take them alive.”
“But if you say to me: ‘We trust in Adonai our God’—is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has removed, and then said to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
So, how can you repulse a single lieutenant—the least of my master’s servants? Yes, you’re relying on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen.
Now when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was just a ruddy boy with a handsome appearance.
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, so I may give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field.”