1 Kings 20:6

⁴ 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.

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.’”

⁷ Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

⁸ And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

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: 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.’”
KJV: 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.
WEB: but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”
ASV: but I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy 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.
DARBY: but to-morrow about this time I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thy sight, they shall put in their hand and take away.
BLB: But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants, and it will come to pass [that] whatever is desirable in your eyes, they will put [it] in their hands and take [it].’”

ÅB: Men imorgen ved denne tid sender jeg mine tjenere til deg, og de skal ransake ditt hus og dine tjeneres huser, og alt som er dine øynes lyst, skal de ta og føre bort med seg.
OTB: Men nå vil jeg sende mine tjenere til deg i morgen på denne tiden, og de skal gjennomsøke ditt hus og dine tjenestemenns hus. Alt som er verdifullt i dine øyne, skal de ta og bære bort."
B1930: Men imorgen ved denne tid sender jeg mine tjenere til dig, og de skal ransake ditt hus og dine tjeneres huser, og alt som er dine øines lyst, skal de ta og føre bort med sig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Samuel 24:14
David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
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Hosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
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Isaiah 44:9
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
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1 Samuel 13:19–21
And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
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2 Kings 18:31–32
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
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Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
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Ezra 8:27
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
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Lamentations 1:7
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
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