18:23 Now make a deal 1 with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them.
2 Kings 24:16
24:16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors. 2
1 tnHeb “exchange pledges.”
2 tnHeb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”