KJV 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 Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 20:32
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
WEB World English Bible
So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
ASV American Standard 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes are on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, ‘Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;’ and he saith, ‘Is he yet alive? he is my brother.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 20
29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And [so] it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
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 whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34 And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
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וַיַּחְגְּרוּ֩H2296 · cha.garto girdשַׂקִּ֨יםH8242 · saqsackclothבְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜םH4975 · mo.tenloinוַחֲבָלִ֣יםH2256 · che.velMahalabבְּרָאשֵׁיהֶ֗םH7218 · roshheadוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּH559 · a.marto sayעַבְדְּךָ֧H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveבֶן־H1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadהֲדַ֛דH1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadאָמַ֖רH559 · a.marto sayתְּחִֽי־H2421 · cha.yahto liveנָ֣אH4994 · napleaseנַפְשִׁ֑יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוַיֹּ֛אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהַעוֹדֶ֥נּוּH5750 · odstillחַ֖יH2416 · chayaliveאָחִ֥יH251 · achbrother: male-siblingהֽוּא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
1 Kings 20:3-6Thy silver and thy gold [is] mine; thy wives also and thy children, [even] the goodliest, [are] mine.Job 12:17-18He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.1 Kings 20:31And 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.Isaiah 2:11-12The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.Job 40:11-12Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one [that is] proud, and abase him.1 Kings 20:42And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of [thy] hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.Daniel 5:20-23But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:Obadiah 1:3-4The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.1 Samuel 15:8-20And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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