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1 Kings 20:1-12

20:1

And Benhadad
<01130>

the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

gathered
<06908> (0)

all his host
<02428>

together
<06908> (8804)_:

and [there were] thirty
<07970>

and two
<08147>

kings
<04428>

with him, and horses
<05483>_,

and chariots
<07393>_:

and he went up
<05927> (8799)

and besieged
<06696> (8799)

Samaria
<08111>_,

and warred
<03898> (8735)

against it.

20:2

And he sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

to Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

into the city
<05892>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

Benhadad
<01130>_,

20:3

Thy silver
<03701>

and thy gold
<02091>

[is] mine; thy wives
<0802>

also and thy children
<01121>_,

[even] the goodliest
<02896>_,

[are] mine.

20:4

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

My lord
<0113>_,

O king
<04428>_,

according to thy saying
<01697>_,

I [am] thine, and all that I have.

20:5

And the messengers
<04397>

came again
<07725> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus speaketh
<0559> (8804)

Benhadad
<01130>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Although I have sent
<07971> (8804)

unto thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thou shalt deliver
<05414> (8799)

me thy silver
<03701>_,

and thy gold
<02091>_,

and thy wives
<0802>_,

and thy children
<01121>_;

20:6

Yet I will send
<07971> (8799)

my servants
<05650>

unto thee to morrow
<04279>

about this time
<06256>_,

and they shall search
<02664> (8765)

thine house
<01004>_,

and the houses
<01004>

of thy servants
<05650>_;

and it shall be
<01961> (8804)_,

[that] whatsoever is pleasant
<04261>

in thine eyes
<05869>_,

they shall put
<07760> (8799)

[it] in their hand
<03027>_,

and take [it] away
<03947> (8804)_.

{pleasant: Heb. desirable}

20:7

Then the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

called
<07121> (8799)

all the elders
<02205>

of the land
<0776>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Mark
<03045> (8798)_,

I pray you, and see
<07200> (8798)

how this [man] seeketh
<01245> (8764)

mischief
<07451>_:

for he sent
<07971> (8804)

unto me for my wives
<0802>_,

and for my children
<01121>_,

and for my silver
<03701>_,

and for my gold
<02091>_;

and I denied
<04513> (8804)

him not. {I denied...: Heb. I kept not back from him}

20:8

And all the elders
<02205>

and all the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Hearken
<08085> (8799)

not [unto him], nor consent
<014> (8799)_.

20:9

Wherefore he said
<0559> (8799)

unto the messengers
<04397>

of Benhadad
<01130>_,

Tell
<0559> (8798)

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_,

All that thou didst send
<07971> (8804)

for to thy servant
<05650>

at the first
<07223>

I will do
<06213> (8799)_:

but this thing
<01697>

I may
<03201> (8799)

not do
<06213> (8800)_.

And the messengers
<04397>

departed
<03212> (8799)_,

and brought
<07725> (0)

him word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8686)_.

20:10

And Benhadad
<01130>

sent
<07971> (8799)

unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

The gods
<0430>

do so
<06213> (8799)

unto me, and more also
<03254> (8686)_,

if the dust
<06083>

of Samaria
<08111>

shall suffice
<05606> (8799)

for handfuls
<08168>

for all the people
<05971>

that follow
<07272>

me. {follow...: Heb. are at my feet}

20:11

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tell
<01696> (8761)

[him], Let not him that girdeth
<02296> (8802)

on [his harness] boast
<01984> (8691)

himself as he that putteth it off
<06605> (8764)_.

20:12

And it came to pass, when [Benhadad] heard
<08085> (8800)

this message
<01697>_,

as he [was] drinking
<08354> (8802)_,

he and the kings
<04428>

in the pavilions
<05521>_,

that he said
<0559> (8799)

unto his servants
<05650>_,

Set
<07760> (8798)

[yourselves in array]. And they set
<07760> (8799)

[themselves in array] against the city
<05892>_.

{message: Heb. word} {pavilions: or, tents} {Set yourselves...: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines}