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

And when the messengers came again, they said, Thus commandeth Ben-Hadad, and saith, When I shall send unto thee, and command, thou shalt deliver me thy silver and thy gold, and thy women, and thy children,

[b]Or else I will send my servants unto thee by tomorrow this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants: and whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall take it in their hands, and bring it away.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:4 I am content to obey and pay tribute.
  2. 1 Kings 20:6 He would not accept his answer except he did out of hand deliver whatsoever he should ask, for he sought an occasion how to make war against him.

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