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.

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 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!

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 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.

He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.The Philistine said to David,“ Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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.

Ben Hadad sent another message to him,“ May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”

For he says:“ By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.”

Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the LORD our God.They will fall down, but we will stand firm.

He ordered,“ Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”

and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said,“ What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?”Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said,“ If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!

He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’ s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.(