1 Kings 20:32

So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and [put] ropes about their heads, and came in unto the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant, Ben-hadad, saith,—Let my soul live, I pray thee. And he said,—Is he yet alive? My brother, he is.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

In Context

31And his servants said unto him, Lo! we pray thee, we have heard, of the kings of the house of Israel, that, kings known for lovingkindness, they are. Let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes about our head, and let us go forth unto the king of Israel, peradventure he will save alive thy soul.

33Now, the men, could divine, so they hastened to let him confirm the word of his own accord, and they said,—Thy brother, is Ben-hadad! He said therefore,—Go fetch him. So Ben-hadad came forth unto him, and he made him come up unto him on his chariot.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:3Thy silver and thy gold, are, mine, and, thy wives and thy sons, the goodliest, are, mine.

1 Kings 20:42And he said unto him—Thus, saith Yahweh, Because thou hast let go the man whom I had devoted, out of thy hand, therefore shall, thy life, be instead of, his life, and, thy people, instead of, his people.

Job 40:11Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;

Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass—When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment—Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria. And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes,

Obadiah 1:3The insolence of thy heart, hath deceived thee, O thou that inhabitest the retreats of the crag, the height of his habitation,—that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:32-43

31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe… Read the whole commentary →

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