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2 Kings 18:232Kgs.18.23

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Maintenant, fais une convention avec mon maître, le roi d'Assyrie, et je te donnerai deux mille chevaux, si tu peux fournir des cavaliers pour les monter.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 194 (Migne)

    ] «trade te Domino meo, et dabo tibi duo millia equorum, si poteris ex te praebere ascensores eorum (IV Reg. XVIII, 23) .» Profecto haec et caetera superbe loquendo improperavit regi tunc angustiato paucitatem virorum, qui possent esse ascensores equorum, cum ille gloriaretur in…

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