2 Kings 18
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2 Kings 18:20-24

20You sayH559 (but they are 1onlyH389 emptyH8193 wordsH1697), ‘I have counselH6098 and strengthH1369 for the warH4421.’ NowH6258 on whomH4310 do you relyH982, 2that you have rebelledH4775 against me?

21NowH6258 beholdH2009, you 34relyH982 on the staffH4938 of thisH2088 crushedH7533 reedH7070, even on EgyptH4714; on whichH834 if a manH376 leansH5564, it will goH935 into his 5handH3709 and pierceH5344 it. SoH3651 is PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 to allH3605 who relyH982 on him.

22But ifH3588 you sayH559 to me, ‘We trustH982 in the LordH3068 our GodH430,’ is it not He whoseH834 highH1116 placesH1116 and 6whose altarsH4196 HezekiahH2396 has takenH5493 awayH5493, and has saidH559 to JudahH3063 and to JerusalemH3389, ‘You shall worshipH7812 beforeH6440 thisH2088 altarH4196 in JerusalemH3389’?

23NowH6258 therefore, 7comeH4994, makeH6148 a bargainH6148 with my masterH113 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, and I will giveH5414 you two thousandH505 horsesH5483, ifH518 you are ableH3201 on your part to setH5414 ridersH7392 on them.

24HowH349 then can you 8repulseH7725H6440 oneH259 9officialH6346 of the leastH6996 of my master’sH113 servantsH5650, and 10relyH982 on EgyptH4714 for chariotsH7393 and for horsemenH6571?

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 18:20 Lit a word of the lips ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 18:20 2 Kin 18:7 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 18:21 Lit rely for yourself ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 18:21 Is 30:2, 3, 7; Ezek 29:6, 7 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 18:21 Lit palm ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 18:22 2 Kin 18:4; 2 Chr 31:1 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 18:23 Lit please exchange pledges ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 18:24 Lit turn away the face of ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 18:24 Or governor ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 18:24 Lit rely for yourself ↩

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