SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Kings 18:24

18:24a For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants

How could you (sing.) defeat even one of my master’s lowest ranking officers?

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Certainly, you are not able to resist even the lowest ranking Assyrian official.

18:24b when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

You (sing.) have to depend on Egypt for chariots and for those who ride horses!

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You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses to assist you.

18:24a-b (reordered)

You are depending on Egypt for chariots and those who ride horses. So how could you defeat a single one of my master’s ordinary/common men/servants?

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