“‘ 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!

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，你可以和我主亚述王打赌，我给你二千匹战马，看你能否派出骑兵来骑它们？

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，你可以和我主亞述王打賭，我給你二千匹戰馬，看你能否派出騎兵來騎牠們？

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

今請以質予我主亞述王、若能備斯騎馬者、我則予爾馬二千、

今當以質質於我主亞述王、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、爾能有馬卒乘之乎、

“‘ “Go ahead and 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!

“ 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!

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.

“ So now make a bargain 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, 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.

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 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.

Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant, of contempt from the proud.

He said,“ If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said,“ What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble— burned as they are?”Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said,“ What they are building— even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.

“‘ 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!How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab:“ May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.”

For he says:“‘ By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as people gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.’”

He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.

“ Come here,” he said,“ and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”