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Ben Hadad the king of Syria besieges Samaria and sends messengers to Ahab king of Israel

아람 왕 벤하닷이 사마리아를 에워싸고 이스라엘 왕 아합에게 사자들을 보냄

1 Kings 20:1–12: Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathers all his army together; and there are thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He goes up and besieges Samaria, and fights against it. He sends messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and says to him, “Ben Hadad says, ‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’” The king of Israel answers, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.” The messengers come again and say, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children; but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.”’” Then the king of Israel calls all the elders of the land, and says, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.” All the elders and all the people say to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.” Therefore he says to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers depart and bring him back the message. Ben Hadad sends to him, and says, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.” The king of Israel answers, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’” When Ben Hadad hears this message as he is drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he says to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepare to attack the city. At 20:9 the Korean Revised Version names the king (왕이 벤하닷의 사자에게), where WEB has “he”.

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1KI 20:1–12, engwebp
¹Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
²He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “Ben Hadad says,
³‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”
⁴The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
⁵The messengers came again and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children;
⁶but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.”’”
⁷Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.”
⁸All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”
⁹Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed and brought him back the message.
¹⁰Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
¹¹The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”
¹²When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.
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Evidence: 1 Kings 20:1–12
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Evidence: 1 Kings 20:1–12
Ben Hadad the king of Syria besieges Samaria and sends messengers to Ahab king of Israel — Narrated location — Samaria

Evidence: 1 Kings 20:1–12

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Current wording: 1 Kings 20:1–12: Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathers all his army together; and there are thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He goes up and besieges Samaria, and fights against it. He sends messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and says to him, “Ben Hadad says, ‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’” The king of Israel answers, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.” The messengers come again and say, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deliver me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children; but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. Whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hand, and take it away.”’” Then the king of Israel calls all the elders of the land, and says, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I didn’t deny him.” All the elders and all the people say to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.” Therefore he says to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers depart and bring him back the message. Ben Hadad sends to him, and says, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.” The king of Israel answers, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’” When Ben Hadad hears this message as he is drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he says to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepare to attack the city. At 20:9 the Korean Revised Version names the king (왕이 벤하닷의 사자에게), where WEB has “he”.
Cited evidence: 1KI 20:1–12, engwebp
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