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2 Kings 18:23 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 23
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.2 Kings 18:23 · King James Version
2 Kings 18:23 in context
21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23Now 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.
24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
25Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- pledgesʻârabto braidH6148 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- delivernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- horsesçûwça horseH5483 →
- ridersrâkabto rideH7392 →
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Here is, I. Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib's army, Kg2 18:17. He sent three of his great generals with a great host against Jerusalem. Is this the great king, the king of Assyria? No, never call him so; he is a base, false, perfidious man, and worthy to be made infamous to all ages;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-37