1 Kings 20:3
‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Ben Hadad says,
Cross References
Isaiah 10:13For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
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 →