Teks -- 2 Kings 18:23 (NET)

18:23 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.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Clarke: 2Ki 18:23 - I will deliver thee two thousand horses

I will deliver thee two thousand horses - Another insult: Were I to give thee two thousand Assyrian horses, thou couldst not find riders for them. How then canst thou think that thou shalt be able to stand against even the smallest division of my troops?

TSK: 2Ki 18:23 - pledges // I will deliver

pledges : Heb. hostages

I will deliver : 1Sa 17:42, 1Sa 17:44; 1Ki 20:10, 1Ki 20:18; Neh 4:2-5; Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4; Isa 10:13, Isa 10:14; Isa 36:8, Isa 36:9

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 2Ki 18:23 - Give pledges to my lord

Give pledges to my lord i.e. give him hostages to secure him from thy future rebellion, and he will depart from thee. Or rather, contend with my lord in battle ; seeing thou hast counsel and strength for war, do not lie lurking in thy strong hold, but come out into the open field, and let us try for mastery; and whereas thou mayest pretend thou wantest horses to fight with me, if thou wilt accept of my challenge, I will furnish thee with two thousand horses, if thou hast riders for them; as it here follows.

Haydock: 2Ki 18:23 - Over

Over. Josephus insinuates that it is a challenge to fight, and that Rabsaces was so confident of victory, that he made this contemptuous proposal, (Haydock) knowing that the subjects of Ezechias were not good horsemen, (Calmet) or that they were comparatively (Haydock) so few in number. (Menochius) ---

Hebrew, "agree, or give pledges to my master."

Gill: 2Ki 18:17-37 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem,.... Notwithstanding he took the above large sum of money of him, so false and deceitful was he: these were three generals of his army, whom he sent to besiege Jerusalem, while he continued the siege of Lachish; only Rabshakeh is mentioned in Isa 36:2 he being perhaps chief general, and the principal speaker; whose speech, to the end of this chapter, intended to intimidate Hezekiah, and dishearten his people, with some circumstances which attended it, are recorded word for word in Isa 36:1 throughout; See Gill on Isa 36:1 and notes on that chapter.