1-Kings - 20:4



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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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 20:4.

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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.
And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord 0 king, I am thine, and all that I have.
And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'According to thy word, my lord, O king: I am thine, and all that I have.'
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to your saying, I am yours, and all that I have.
And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.
And the king of Israel responded, "In agreement with your word, my lord the king, I am yours, with all that is mine."

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I am thine, and all that I have - He probably hoped by this humiliation to soften this barbarous king, and perhaps to get better conditions.

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, (b) I [am] thine, and all that I have.
(b) I am content to obey and pay tribute.

And the king of Israel answered and said, my lord, O king,.... So he said to Benhadad's messengers, representing him, as acknowledging his sovereignty over him:
according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have: which he understood of holding all that he had of him, by giving him homage, and paying him tribute; not that he was to deliver all his substance, and especially his wives and children, into his hands.

The king said - I do so far comply with thy demand, that I will own thee for my Lord, and myself for thy vassal, and will hold my wives, and children, and estate, as by thy favour, and with an acknowledgment.

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