1st Kings Chapter 20 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 20:4

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.
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BBE 1stKings 20:4

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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DARBY 1stKings 20:4

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
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KJV 1stKings 20:4

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
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WBT 1stKings 20:4

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
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WEB 1stKings 20:4

The king of Israel answered, It is according to your saying, my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have.
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YLT 1stKings 20:4

And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `According to thy word, my lord, O king: I `am' thine, and all that I have.'
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1st Kings 20 : 4 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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. [Much has been written about Ahab's pusillanimous acquiescence in these disgraceful terms, etc. But it is not absolutely clear that he ever meant to surrender either wives or children to the invader. All that is certain is that he judged it wise, in the presence of the enormous force arrayed against him, to make every possible concession, to adopt the most subservient tone, and to cringe at the feet of Ben-hadad. But all the time he may have hoped that his soft answer would turn away wrath. It is very far from certain that had Ben-hadad sent to demand the wives and children which Ahab here seems willing to yield to him they would have been sent. When Ben-hadad threatens (ver. 6) a measure which involved much less indignity than the surrender of the entire seraglio to his lusts, Ahab stands at bay. Allowance must be made for the exaggerations of Eastern courtesy. The writer was entertained in 1861 by Jacob esh Shellabi, then sheykh of the Samaritans, who repeatedly used words very similar to these. "This house is yours," he would say; never meaning, however, that he should be taken at his word.]

Ellicott's Commentary