1 Kings 20:33

Modern English Version

Now the men were diligently looking for a positive sign and quickly took hold of it, and they said, “Your brother Ben-hadad!” Then he said, “Go. You bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came to him and got into the chariot.

Cross References

Acts 8:31

He said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.

Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful envoy to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

2 Kings 10:15

Then he left there and found Jehonadab son of Rekab coming to meet him. He greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right with me, as my heart is with yours?” And Jehonadab said, “It is.” “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and he pulled him up to him into the chariot.

1 Kings 15:18

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, as well as the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants, and he sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived at Damascus, saying,

1 Kings 20:32

So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and came 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!”

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities which my father took from your father, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” Then Ahab said, “I will send you away with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and sent him away.