2 Kings 18:24
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And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master's servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then.

Isaiah 10:8 For he shall say:

Daniel 2:37,38 Thou art a king of kings: and the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, and strength, and power, and glory: . . .

Daniel 4:22,37 They shall cast thee out from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with cattle, and with wild beasts, and thou shalt eat grass, as an ox, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven: and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. . . .

thy trust.

2 Kings 18:21 Dost thou trust in Egypt a staff of a broken reed, upon which if a man lean, it will break and go into his hand, and pierce it? so is Pharao, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him.

See on

Deuteronomy 17:16 And when he is made king, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people into Egypt, being lifted up with the number of his horsemen, especially since the Lord hath commanded you to return no more the same way.

Isaiah 31:1,3 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, trusting in horses, and putting their confidence in chariots, because they are many: and in horsemen, because they are very strong: and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought after the Lord. . . .

Isaiah 36:6,9 Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust in him. . . .

Jeremiah 37:7 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 42:14-18 Saying: No, but we will go into the land of Egypt: where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor suffer hunger: and there we will dwell. . . .

Ezekiel 17:15,17 But he hath revolted from him and sent ambassadors to Egypt, that it might give him horses, and much people. And shall he that hath done thus prosper, or be saved? and shall he escape that hath broken the covenant? . . .

chariots.

Psalm 20:7,8 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God. . . .

Context
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
23Now therefore come over to my master, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to have riders for them. 24And how can you stand against one lord of the least of my master's servants? Dost thou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?25Is it without the will of the Lord that I am come up to this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up to this land, and destroy it.…
Cross References
2 Kings 18:23
Now therefore come over to my master, the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, and see whether you be able to have riders for them.

2 Kings 18:25
Is it without the will of the Lord that I am come up to this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up to this land, and destroy it.

Lexicon
For how
וְאֵ֣יךְ (wə·’êḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

can you repel
תָּשִׁ֗יב (tā·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

a single
אַחַ֛ד (’a·ḥaḏ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

officer
פַחַ֥ת (p̄a·ḥaṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6346: A governor

among the least
הַקְּטַנִּ֑ים (haq·qə·ṭan·nîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6996: Small, young, unimportant

of my master’s
אֲדֹנִ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

servants
עַבְדֵ֥י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

when you depend
וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (wat·tiḇ·ṭaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 982: To trust, be confident, sure

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Egypt
מִצְרַ֔יִם (miṣ·ra·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

for chariots
לְרֶ֖כֶב (lə·re·ḵeḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

and horsemen?
וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (ū·lə·p̄ā·rā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6571: A steed, a driver, cavalry


Additional Translations
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one petty governor, from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?
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