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Now Ben-hadad ,
king of Aram ,
got all his army together ,
and thirty-two kings with him ,
and horses and carriages of war ;
he went up and made war on Samaria ,
shutting it in .
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And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab ,
king of Israel ;
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And they said to him ,
Ben-hadad says ,
Your silver and your gold are mine ;
and your wives and children are mine .
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And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying ,
As you say ,
my lord king ,
I am yours with all I have .
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Then the representatives came back again ,
and said ,
These are the words of Ben-hadad :
I sent to you saying ,
Give up to me your silver and your gold ,
your wives and your children ;
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But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time ,
to make a search through your house and the houses of your people ,
and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands .
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Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land ,
and said ,
Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man :
he sent for my wives and my children ,
my silver and my gold ,
and I did not keep them back .
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And all the responsible men and the people said to him ,
Do not give attention to him or do what he says .
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So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad ,
Say to my lord the king ,
All the orders you sent the first time I will do ;
but this thing I may not do .
And the representatives went back with this answer .
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Then Ben-hadad sent to him ,
saying ,
May the gods '
punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands .
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And the king of Israel said in answer ,
Say to him ,
The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms ,
but when he is taking them off .
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Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad ,
he was drinking with the kings in the tents ,
and he said to his men ,
Take up your positions