pledges <2KI18 -23> Now therefore, I pray thee, give {pledges} to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. pledges Now therefore give {pledges}, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. ~~~~~~