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

1 Kings 20:2
And sending messengers to Achab, king of Israel, into the city,

1 Kings 20:4
And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all that I have.

1 Kings 20:32
So they girded sackcloths on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said to him: Thy servant, Benadad, saith: I beseech thee let me have my life. And he said: If he be yet alive, he is my brother.

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

Exodus 15:9 The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.

Isaiah 10:13,14 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. . . .

Context
Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria
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.4And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all that I have.…
Lexicon
saying,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“This is what
ל֗וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

Ben-hadad
הֲדַ֔ד (hă·ḏaḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1130: Ben-hadad -- 'son of Hadad', the name of several Aramean (Syrian) kings

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘Your silver
כַּסְפְּךָ֥ (kas·pə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

and gold
וּֽזְהָבְךָ֖ (ū·zə·hā·ḇə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

are
ה֑וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

mine,
לִֽי־ (lî-)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

and your best
הַטּוֹבִ֖ים (haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇîm)
Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

wives
וְנָשֶׁ֧יךָ (wə·nā·še·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and children
וּבָנֶ֛יךָ (ū·ḇā·ne·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

are
הֵֽם׃ (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

mine!’”
לִי־ (lî-)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’”Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

And Nabuthai said to Achaab, My God forbid me that I should give thee the inheritance of my fathers.

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the most comely, are mine.

'Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.'"

and saith to him, 'Thus said Ben-Hadad, 'Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy sons -- the best -- are mine.'
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