1 Kings 20:2

וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל ־ אַחְאָב מֶֽלֶךְ ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעִֽירָה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

In Context

1וּבֶן ־ הֲדַד מֶֽלֶךְ ־ אֲרָם קָבַץ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ חֵילוֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁנַיִם מֶלֶךְ אִתּוֹ וְסוּס וָרָכֶב וַיַּעַל וַיָּצַר עַל ־ שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיִּלָּחֶם בָּֽהּ ׃

3וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ כֹּה אָמַר בֶּן ־ הֲדַד כַּסְפְּךָ וּֽזְהָבְךָ לִֽי ־ הוּא וְנָשֶׁיךָ וּבָנֶיךָ הַטּוֹבִים לִי ־ הֵֽם ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:9וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶל ־ תִּרְהָקָה מֶֽלֶך ־ כּוּשׁ לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה יָצָא לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל ־ חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹֽר ׃

Isaiah 37:9וַיִּשְׁמַע עַל ־ תִּרְהָקָה מֶֽלֶךְ ־ כּוּשׁ לֵאמֹר יָצָא לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ וַיִּשְׁמַע וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל ־ חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹֽר ׃

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 →

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