“ Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you two thousand horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

现在你把当头给我主亚述王，我给你二千匹马，看你这一面骑马的人够不够。

现在你与我主亚述王打赌，我给你两千匹马，看你能否派得出骑士来骑它们。

现在你与我主亚述王打赌，我给你两千匹马，看你能否派得出骑士来骑它们。

来，跟我主人亚述王打个赌，你若能找到两千骑士，我就给你两千匹马！

现在你可以与我的主人亚述王打赌：我给你二千匹马，看你这一方面能否派出足够骑马的人来。

“现在你可以与我主亚述王下一个赌注：你那边如果能给出相应的骑士，我就给你两千匹马；

現在你把當頭給我主亞述王，我給你二千匹馬，看你這一面騎馬的人夠不夠。

現在你與我主亞述王打賭，我給你兩千匹馬，看你能否派得出騎士來騎牠們。

現在你與我主亞述王打賭，我給你兩千匹馬，看你能否派得出騎士來騎牠們。

來，跟我主人亞述王打個賭，你若能找到兩千騎士，我就給你兩千匹馬！

現在你可以與我的主人亞述王打賭：我給你二千匹馬，看你這一方面能否派出足夠騎馬的人來。

如今你可以和我的主上亞述王交換打賭的當頭：我給你二千匹馬，看你那一方面能派出足夠的人來騎牠不。

「現在你可以與我主亞述王下一個賭注：你那邊如果能給出相應的騎士，我就給你兩千匹馬；

今請以質、予我主亞述王、若能備斯騎馬者、我則予爾馬二千、

今當以人質於我主亞述王、則我予爾馬二千匹、爾能使人乘之否、

今爾與我主亞述王和好、則我予爾馬二千匹、爾能有馬卒乘之乎、

“‘ Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses— if you can put riders on them!

“‘ “Come on. Make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses. But only if you can put riders on them!

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.

“ I’ll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!

Now then, come 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 put riders on them!

Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge 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!

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.

Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you 2,000 horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, 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.

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.

Now therefore, please make a pledge 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.

Instead, he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pouch, in his shepherd’s bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he approached the Philistine.The Philistine came closer and closer to David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy and handsome.He said to David,“ Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.

“ So now, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria. I’ll give you two thousand horses if you’re able to supply riders for them!

Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said,“ May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria’s dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”

For he said: I have done this by my own strength and wisdom, for I am clever. I abolished the borders of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.My hand has reached out, as if into a nest, to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered the whole earth. No wing fluttered; no beak opened or chirped.

Show us favor, LORD, show us favor, for we’ve had more than enough contempt.We’ve had more than enough scorn from the arrogant and contempt from the proud.

Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of the LORD our God.They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand firm.

So he said,“ If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.”

before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria and said,“ What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said,“ Indeed, even if a fox climbed up what they are building, he would break down their stone wall!”Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.Do not cover their guilt or let their sin be erased from your sight, because they have angered the builders.

He took all the gold and silver, all the articles found in the LORD’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.