1Kings:20:1-12
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And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together :
and [
there were ]
thirty and two (
note :)
That is ,
governors and rulers of provinces .(:
note )
kings with him ,
and horses ,
and chariots :
and he went up and besieged Samaria ,
and warred against it .
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And he sent messengers to Ahab King of Israel ,
into the citie ,
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And sayd vnto him ,
Thus sayth Ben-hadad ,
Thy siluer &
amp ;
thy golde is mine :
also thy women ,
and thy fayre children are mine .
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And the king of Israel answered and said ,
My lord ,
O king ,
according to thy saying , (
note :)
I am content to obey and pay tribute .(:
note )
I [
am ]
thine ,
and all that I have .
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And when the messengers came againe ,
they said ,
Thus commandeth Ben-hadad , &
amp ;
saith ,
When I shal send vnto thee ,
and command ,
thou shalt deliuer me thy siluer and thy golde ,
and thy women ,
and thy children ,
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Then the King of Israel sent for all the Elders of the land , &
amp ;
sayd ,
Take heede ,
I pray you ,
and see how he seeketh mischiefe :
for he sent vnto me for my wiues ,
and for my children ,
and for my siluer ,
and for my golde ,
and I denyed him not .
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And all the elders and all the people said unto him ,
Hearken (
note :)
They thought it their duty to risk their lives ,
rather than grant that thing which was not lawful ,
only to satisfy the lust of a tyrant .(:
note )
not [
unto him ],
nor consent .
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Wherefore hee sayde vnto the messengers of Ben-hadad ,
Tell my lorde the King ,
All that thou didddest sende for to thy seruant at the first time ,
that I will doe ,
but this thing I may not do ;
the messengers departed ,
and brought him an answere .
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And Benhadad sent unto him ,
and said ,
The gods do so unto me ,
and more also ,
if the (
note :)
Much less will there be found any prey that is worth anything ,
when they are so many .(:
note )
dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me .
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And the king of Israel answered and said ,
Tell [
him ],
Let not him that girdeth on [
his harness ]
boast himself as he that (
note :)
Do not boast before the victory is won .(:
note )
putteth it off .
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And when he heard that tidings ,
as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions ,
he sayd vnto his seruants ,
Bring forth your engines ,
and they set them against the citie .
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