Then he sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad:
1 Kings 20:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Your silver and gold are mine; your fairest wives and children also are mine.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your silver and your gold are mine; your wives and your children, even the fairest, also are mine. American Standard Version (1901) Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. Common English Bible The message said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your good-looking wives and children are mine.’” Catholic Public Domain Version he said: "Thus says Benhadad: Your silver and your gold is mine. And your wives and your best sons are mine." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver, and thy gold is mine: and thy wives, and thy goodliest children are mine. |
Then he sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad:
So they tied sackcloth around their waists, put ropes on their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’ ” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
The king of Israel answered, “As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have.”
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake; I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’