◄ 1 Kings 20:2 ►
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Good News Translation
He sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel to say, "King Benhadad demands that

New Revised Standard Version
Then he sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel, and said to him: “Thus says Ben-hadad:

Contemporary English Version
Benhadad sent a messenger to tell King Ahab of Israel,

New American Bible
He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, within the city,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And sending messengers to Achab, king of Israel, into the city,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And sending messengers to Achab, king of Israel, into the city,

2 Kings 19:9 And when he heard of Tharaca, king of Ethiopia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee: and was going against him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:

Isaiah 36:2 And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias with a great army, and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.

Isaiah 37:9,10 And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying: . . .

Context
Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria
1And Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his host, and there were two and thirty kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and going up, he fought against Samaria, and besieged it. 2And sending messengers to Achab, king of Israel, into the city,3He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine: and thy wives and thy goodliest children are mine.…
Cross References
1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants: and sent them to Benadad, son of Tabremon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying:

1 Kings 20:1
And Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his host, and there were two and thirty kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and going up, he fought against Samaria, and besieged it.

1 Kings 20:3
He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine: and thy wives and thy goodliest children are mine.

1 Kings 20:1
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