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1 Kings 20:4 (KJV)

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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1 Kings 20 — surrounding verses

1

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

2

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

3

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

4

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

5

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

6

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.

7

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.

8

And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

9

Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.