1 Kings 20:3
Your silver and gold belong to me now, and your best wives and children also belong to me!”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
In Context
2He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, in the city to tell him, “This is what Ben-hadad says:
Cross References
Isaiah 10:13For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:2-12
Ben-hadad's Insolent Demand. ( b. c. 900.) 1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy… Read the whole commentary →