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Read Full Chapter (1 Kings 20) 1 Kings 20:5 KJV
"And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;"
1 Kings 20:5 in Context (Verses 2–8 KJV)
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And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,
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Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
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And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
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And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
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Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.*
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Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.*
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And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.