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1 Kings 20:4

2 Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel,

3 saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”

And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

5 The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.

6 But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
KJV
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
WEB
The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
ASV
And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.
DARBY
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
BLB
And the king of Israel answered and said, “According to your word, My lord, the king, unto you [are] I and all that I have.”
ÅB
Israels konge svarte og sa: Det er som du sier, min herre konge! Jeg og alt hva mitt er, hører deg til.
OTB
Israels konge svarte: "Som du sier, min herre kongen. Jeg og alt jeg har er ditt."
B1930
Israels konge svarte og sa: Det er som du sier, min herre konge! Jeg og alt hvad mitt er, hører dig til.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 13:6–7

    Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

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  • 2 Kings 18:14–16

    So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

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  • Judges 15:11–13

    In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.

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