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1 Kings 20:4

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

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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.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 13:6–7

    When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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  • 2 Kings 18:14–16

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

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  • Judges 15:11–13

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

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