When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, And sent to king Jareb: But he is not able to heal you, Neither will he cure you of your wound.
n אל מלך ירב "ad regem", Jarchi, Zanchius, Liveleus, Drusius; so Luther in Tarnovius. o ירב "altorem", V. L. "qui eum vindicaret", Tigurine version; "propugnaturum", Junius Tremellius "qui litigaret", Piscator. p Onomast. Sacr. p. 219. q Ebr. Comment. p. 780. r Onomast. Sacr. p. 430.