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“Whatever you want, your majesty,” the king of Israel answered. “I belong to you, as does everything I own.”

After delivering Ahab’s answer,[a] the envoys returned with this message: “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I’ve sent my envoys to you to tell you that your silver, gold, wives, and children are to be given to me. About this time tomorrow, I’ll send my servants to you, and they’ll search through your palace and your servants’ houses. Whatever is important to you will be seized[b] and taken away.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:5 The Heb. lacks After delivering Ahab’s answer
  2. 1 Kings 20:6 Lit. seized in their hand