2 Kings 18:23
Now, therefore, pledge thyself, I pray thee, with my lord, the king of Assyria,—that I supply thee with two thousand horses, if thou, on thy part, be able to set riders upon them.
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1 Samuel 17:44And the Philistine said unto David,—Come, unto me, that I may give thy flesh to the birds of heaven, and to the beasts of the field.
1 Kings 20:18And he said—If, peaceably, they have come, take them alive,—or, if, fighting, they have come, alive, take ye them.
Psalms 123:3Show us favour, O Yahweh, show us favour, for, exceedingly, are we sated with contempt:
Isaiah 36:8Now, therefore, pledge thyself I pray thee with my lord, the king of Assyria,—That I supply thee with two thousand horses, If thou on thy part be able to set riders upon them;
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 18:18-37
Rab-Shakeh's Blasphemous Speech. ( b. c. 710.) 17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of… Read the whole commentary →