Verse 32

So they girded{H2296}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} on their loins{H4975}, and put ropes{H2256} on their heads{H7218}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thy servant{H5650} Benhadad{H1130} saith{H559}{(H8804)}, I pray thee, let me live{H2421}{(H8799)}{H5315}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Is he yet alive{H2416}? he is my brother{H251}.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 20:3-6 : 3 Thy silver{H3701} and thy gold{H2091} is mine; thy wives{H802} also and thy children{H1121}, even the goodliest{H2896}, are mine. 4 And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, My lord{H113}, O king{H4428}, according to thy saying{H1697}, I am thine, and all that I have. 5 And the messengers{H4397} came again{H7725}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thus speaketh{H559}{(H8804)} Benhadad{H1130}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Although I have sent{H7971}{(H8804)} unto thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thou shalt deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} me thy silver{H3701}, and thy gold{H2091}, and thy wives{H802}, and thy children{H1121}; 6 Yet I will send{H7971}{(H8799)} my servants{H5650} unto thee to morrow{H4279} about this time{H6256}, and they shall search{H2664}{(H8765)} thine house{H1004}, and the houses{H1004} of thy servants{H5650}; and it shall be{H1961}{(H8804)}, that whatsoever is pleasant{H4261} in thine eyes{H5869}, they shall put{H7760}{(H8799)} it in their hand{H3027}, and take it away{H3947}{(H8804)}.
  • 1 Kgs 20:31 : 31 And his servants{H5650} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Behold now, we have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that the kings{H4428} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} are merciful{H2617} kings{H4428}: let us, I pray thee, put{H7760}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} on our loins{H4975}, and ropes{H2256} upon our heads{H7218}, and go out{H3318}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}: peradventure he will save{H2421}{(H8762)} thy life{H5315}.
  • 1 Kgs 20:42 : 42 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Because thou hast let go{H7971}{(H8765)} out of thy hand{H3027} a man{H376} whom I appointed to utter destruction{H2764}, therefore thy life{H5315} shall go for his life{H5315}, and thy people{H5971} for his people{H5971}.
  • Job 12:17-18 : 17 He leadeth{H3212}{(H8688)} counsellors{H3289}{(H8802)} away spoiled{H7758}, and maketh the judges{H8199}{(H8802)} fools{H1984}{(H8779)}. 18 He looseth{H6605}{(H8765)} the bond{H4148} of kings{H4428}, and girdeth{H631}{(H8799)} their loins{H4975} with a girdle{H232}.
  • Job 40:11-12 : 11 Cast abroad{H6327}{(H8685)} the rage{H5678} of thy wrath{H639}: and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} every one that is proud{H1343}, and abase{H8213}{(H8685)} him. 12 Look{H7200}{(H8798)} on every one that is proud{H1343}, and bring him low{H3665}{(H8685)}; and tread down{H1915}{(H8798)} the wicked{H7563} in their place.
  • Isa 2:11-12 : 11 The lofty{H1365} looks{H5869} of man{H120} shall be humbled{H8213}{(H8804)}, and the haughtiness{H7312} of men{H582} shall be bowed down{H7817}{(H8804)}, and the LORD{H3068} alone shall be exalted{H7682}{(H8738)} in that day{H3117}. 12 For the day{H3117} of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} shall be upon every one that is proud{H1343} and lofty{H7311}{(H8802)}, and upon every one that is lifted up{H5375}{(H8737)}; and he shall be brought low{H8213}{(H8804)}:
  • Isa 10:12 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord{H136} hath performed{H1214}{(H8762)} his whole work{H4639} upon mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} and on Jerusalem{H3389}, I will punish{H6485}{(H8799)} the fruit{H6529} of the stout{H1433} heart{H3824} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and the glory{H8597} of his high{H7312} looks{H5869}.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up{H7313}{(H8752)}, and his mind{H7308} hardened{H8631}{(H8748)} in pride{H2103}{(H8682)}, he was deposed{H5182}{(H8717)} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne{H3764}, and they took{H5709}{(H8684)} his glory{H3367} from him{H4481}: 21 And he was driven{H2957}{(H8752)} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men{H606}; and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739}{(H8745)} like{H5974} the beasts{H2423}, and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses{H6167}: they fed{H2939}{(H8748)} him with grass{H6211} like oxen{H8450}, and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647}{(H8721)} with the dew{H2920} of heaven{H8065}; till{H5705} he knew{H3046}{(H8754)} that the most high{H5943} God{H426} ruled{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men{H606}, and that he appointeth{H6966}{(H8681)} over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will{H6634}{(H8748)}. 22 And thou{H607} his son{H1247}, O Belshazzar{H1113}, hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214}{(H8684)} thine heart{H3825}, though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046}{(H8754)} all{H3606} this{H1836}; 23 But hast lifted up{H7313}{(H8712)} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven{H8065}; and they have brought{H858}{(H8684)} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607}, and thy lords{H7261}, thy wives{H7695}, and thy concubines{H3904}, have drunk{H8355}{(H8750)} wine{H2562} in them; and thou hast praised{H7624}{(H8745)} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702}, and gold{H1722}, of brass{H5174}, iron{H6523}, wood{H636}, and stone{H69}, which see{H2370}{(H8751)} not{H3809}, nor{H3809} hear{H8086}{(H8750)}, nor{H3809} know{H3046}{(H8751)}: and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways{H735}, hast thou not{H3809} glorified{H1922}{(H8745)}:
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 The pride{H2087} of thine heart{H3820} hath deceived{H5377}{(H8689)} thee, thou that dwellest{H7931}{(H8802)} in the clefts{H2288} of the rock{H5553}, whose habitation{H3427}{(H8800)} is high{H4791}; that saith{H559}{(H8802)} in his heart{H3820}, Who shall bring me down{H3381}{(H8686)} to the ground{H776}? 4 Though thou exalt{H1361}{(H8686)} thyself as the eagle{H5404}, and though thou set{H7760}{(H8800)} thy nest{H7064} among the stars{H3556}, thence will I bring thee down{H3381}{(H8686)}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • 1 Sam 15:8-9 : 8 And he took{H8610}{(H8799)} Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of the Amalekites{H6002} alive{H2416}, and utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} all the people{H5971} with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}. 9 But Saul{H7586} and the people{H5971} spared{H2550}{(H8799)} Agag{H90}, and the best{H4315} of the sheep{H6629}, and of the oxen{H1241}, and of the fatlings{H4932}, and the lambs{H3733}, and all that was good{H2896}, and would{H14}{(H8804)} not utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8687)} them: but every thing{H4399} that was vile{H5240} and refuse{H4549}{(H8738)}, that they destroyed utterly{H2763}{(H8689)}. 10 Then came the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} unto Samuel{H8050}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 11 It repenteth{H5162}{(H8738)} me that I have set up{H4427}{(H8689)} Saul{H7586} to be king{H4428}: for he is turned back{H7725}{(H8804)} from following{H310} me, and hath not performed{H6965}{(H8689)} my commandments{H1697}. And it grieved{H2734}{(H8799)} Samuel{H8050}; and he cried{H2199}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} all night{H3915}. 12 And when Samuel{H8050} rose early{H7925}{(H8686)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} Saul{H7586} in the morning{H1242}, it was told{H5046}{(H8714)} Samuel{H8050}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Saul{H7586} came{H935}{(H8804)} to Carmel{H3760}, and, behold, he set him up{H5324}{(H8688)} a place{H3027}, and is gone about{H5437}{(H8735)}, and passed on{H5674}{(H8799)}, and gone down{H3381}{(H8799)} to Gilgal{H1537}. 13 And Samuel{H8050} came{H935}{(H8799)} to Saul{H7586}: and Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be thou of the LORD{H3068}: I have performed{H6965}{(H8689)} the commandment{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}. 14 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)}, What meaneth then this bleating{H6963} of the sheep{H6629} in mine ears{H241}, and the lowing{H6963} of the oxen{H1241} which I hear{H8085}{(H8802)}? 15 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, They have brought{H935}{(H8689)} them from the Amalekites{H6003}: for the people{H5971} spared{H2550}{(H8804)} the best{H4315} of the sheep{H6629} and of the oxen{H1241}, to sacrifice{H2076}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}; and the rest{H3498}{(H8802)} we have utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)}. 16 Then Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Saul{H7586}, Stay{H7503}{(H8685)}, and I will tell{H5046}{(H8686)} thee what the LORD{H3068} hath said{H1696}{(H8765)} to me this night{H3915}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Say on{H1696}{(H8761)}. 17 And Samuel{H8050} said{H559}{(H8799)}, When thou wast little{H6996} in thine own sight{H5869}, wast thou not made the head{H7218} of the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478}, and the LORD{H3068} anointed{H4886}{(H8799)} thee king{H4428} over Israel{H3478}? 18 And the LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} thee on a journey{H1870}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} and utterly destroy{H2763}{(H8689)} the sinners{H2400} the Amalekites{H6002}, and fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against them until they be consumed{H3615}{(H8763)}. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}, but didst fly{H5860}{(H8799)} upon the spoil{H7998}, and didst{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}? 20 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Samuel{H8050}, Yea, I have obeyed{H8085}{(H8804)} the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068}, and have gone{H3212}{(H8799)} the way{H1870} which the LORD{H3068} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me, and have brought{H935}{(H8686)} Agag{H90} the king{H4428} of Amalek{H6002}, and have utterly destroyed{H2763}{(H8689)} the Amalekites{H6002}.