2 Kings 18:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Now then, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you have riders to put on them!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148}{(H8690)} to my lord{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and I will deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} thee two thousand{H505} horses{H5483}, if thou be able{H3201}{(H8799)} on thy part to set{H5414}{(H8800)} riders{H7392}{(H8802)} upon them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Make a multitude now therfore vnto my lorde the kynge of Assiria, and I wil geue ye two thousande horses, let se yf thou be able to man them:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now therefore giue hostages to my lord the King of Asshur, & I will giue thee two thousand horses, if thou be able to set riders vpon them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Nowe therfore I pray thee geue hostages to my lorde the king of Assyria, and I will deliuer thee two thousande horses, if thou be able to set ryders vpon them:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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 (1862/1898)

    `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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 17:42 : 42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was just a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field.
  • 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
  • 1 Kgs 20:18 : 18 And he said, Whether they come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they come out for war, take them alive.
  • Neh 4:2-5 : 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish that are burned? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them as prey in a land of captivity: 5 Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man; 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
  • Isa 36:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, I urge you, 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 put riders on them. 9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 36:7-9
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    7 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

    8 Now therefore, I urge you, 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 put riders on them.

    9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
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    24 How then will you repel one captain of the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

  • 2 Kgs 18:22
    76%

    22 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • 2 Kgs 18:19-20
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    19 Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust?

    20 You say (but they are only vain words) I have counsel and strength for war. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

  • 2 Kgs 19:9-11
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    9 And when he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he has come out to fight against you: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

    10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by utterly destroying them: and shall you be delivered?

  • Isa 37:9-11
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    9 And he heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to make war with you. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

    10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?

  • 2 Kgs 18:13-16
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    72%

    13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

    14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me, I will bear. So the king of Assyria imposed upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

    15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house.

    16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Chr 32:9-11
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    9 After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (while he was besieging Lachish with all his forces), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying,

    10 Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?

    11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves up to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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    18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 2 Kgs 18:28-30
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    28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Hebrew and spoke, saying, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

    29 Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

    30 Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

  • Isa 36:4-5
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    4 And Rabshakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust?

    5 I say that your words are empty: I have counsel and strength for war. Now in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

  • Isa 36:14-16
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    14 Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you.

    15 Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me by a present, and come out to me, and every one of you eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink the waters of his own cistern,

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    70%

    21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Because you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

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    7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

    8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house and sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 18:32
    69%

    32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

  • 2 Chr 32:15
    69%

    15 Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you in this manner, nor believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand and from the hand of my fathers, how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

  • 2 Kgs 7:13-14
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    13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even like all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

    14 So they took two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

  • Isa 30:16
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    16 But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

  • 2 Chr 1:17
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    17 And they fetched up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and they brought out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.

  • 2 Chr 28:16
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    16 At that time, King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him.

  • 2 Chr 9:25
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    25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 19:26
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    26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, I will saddle an ass for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.

  • Ezek 23:23
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    23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses.

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    13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

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    6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

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    24 For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

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    17 He also wrote letters to insult the LORD God of Israel and to speak against Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand.

  • 1 Kgs 10:29
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    29 And a chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and likewise for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they exported them by their own means.

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