1 Kings 20:9

וַיֹּאמֶר לְמַלְאֲכֵי בֶן ־ הֲדַד אִמְרוּ לַֽאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר ־ שָׁלַחְתָּ אֶל ־ עַבְדְּךָ בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה אֶעֱשֶׂה וְהַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לֹא אוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת וַיֵּֽלְכוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיְשִׁבֻהוּ דָּבָֽר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

In Context

8וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל ־ הַזְּקֵנִים וְכָל ־ הָעָם אַל ־ תִּשְׁמַע וְלוֹא תֹאבֶֽה ׃

10וַיִּשְׁלַח אֵלָיו בֶּן ־ הֲדַד וַיֹּאמֶר כֹּֽה ־ יַעֲשׂוּן לִי אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִפוּ אִם ־ יִשְׂפֹּק עֲפַר שֹׁמְרוֹן לִשְׁעָלִים לְכָל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלָֽי ׃

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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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