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1 Kings 20:2 · KJV

“And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,”

— 1 Kings 20:2

Verse 1

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and {there were} thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

Verse 3

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

1 Kings 20 — Context

1

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and {there were} thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

2

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

3

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

4

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

Cross References

Isaiah 36:2-22

And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

Isaiah 37:9-10

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard {it}, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

2 Kings 19:9

And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

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