1 Kings 20:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³¹ His servants said to him, ‘Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth round our waists  and ropes round our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ His servants said to him, We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes about our necks, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

Common English Bible

³¹ Ben-hadad’s officers said to him, “Listen, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful kings. Allow us to put mourning clothes on our bodies and cords around our heads. We will then go to Israel’s king. Perhaps he will let you live.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And his servants said to him: "Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel show clemency. And so, let us put sackcloth around our waists, and ropes on our heads, and let us go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will save our lives."

1 Kings 20:31 Cross References

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth round his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.

2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent someone to Tekoa  to bring a wise  woman from there. He told her, ‘Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil.  Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

2 Samuel 3:31

David then ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, ‘Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth,  and mourn over Abner.’ And King David walked behind the coffin.

1 Kings 20:23

Now the king of Aram’s servants said to him, ‘Their gods are gods of the hill country.  That’s why they were stronger than we were. Instead, we should fight with them on the plain; then we will certainly be stronger than they are.

1 Kings 20:32

So they dressed with sackcloth round their waists and ropes round their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, ‘Your servant Ben-hadad says, “Please spare my life.” ’ So he said, ‘Is he still alive? He is my brother.’

2 Kings 5:13

But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father,  if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’

2 Kings 7:4

If we say, “Let’s go into the city,” we will die there because the famine is in the city, but if we sit here, we will also die. So now, come on. Let’s surrender to the Arameans’ camp.  If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.’

Esther 4:16

‘Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,  night or day. I and my female servants will also fast  in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.  If I perish, I perish.’

Job 2:4

‘Skin for skin! ’ Satan answered the Lord. ‘A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king; through loyalty he maintains his throne.

Isaiah 16:5

a throne will be established in love, and one will sit on it faithfully in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, quick to execute justice.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord God of Armies called for weeping,  for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Isaiah 37:1

When King Hezekiah heard their report,  he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth,  and went to the Lord’s temple.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul;   rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Revelation 11:3

I will grant  my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.’