2 Kings 18:23
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23 “‘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!
Psalm 123:3-4
New International Version
3 Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
Isaiah 36:8-9
New International Version
Isaiah 10:13-14
New International Version
13 For he says:
“‘By the strength of my hand(A) I have done this,(B)
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;(C)
like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(D)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(E)
so my hand reached for the wealth(F) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;(G)
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.(H)’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
Nehemiah 4:2-5
New International Version
2 and in the presence of his associates(A) 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(B)—burned as they are?”
3 Tobiah(C) 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!”(D)
4 Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(E) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt(F) or blot out their sins from your sight,(G) for they have thrown insults in the face of[a] the builders.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 4:5 Or have aroused your anger before
1 Kings 20:18
New International Version
18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
1 Kings 20:10
New International Version
10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust(A) remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.”
1 Samuel 17:44
New International Version
1 Samuel 17:42
New International Version
42 He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome,(A) and he despised(B) him.
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