And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.

Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses; if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

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

And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish; stones that are burned?

Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach upon their own heads, and give them as spoils to a land of captivity.

Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us! For we are more than enough held in contempt.

Our soul has more than enough of the derision of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud who oppress us.

in hardship and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness;

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and good appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!