1 Kings 20:4

What does 1 Kings 20:4 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 20:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `According to thy word, my lord, O king: I <FI>am<Fi> thine, and all that I have.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all that I have.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.3Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

v.4This passage

v.5And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 15:11

    Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

  • 2 Kings 18:14

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

  • 1 Samuel 13:6

    When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  • Leviticus 26:36

    And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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