Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord, the king: All that thou didst send for to me, thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do. Let not him, etc. 1 Samuel 14:6,12,13 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised, it may be the Lord will do for us: because it is easy for the Lord to save either by many, or by few. . . . 1 Samuel 17:44-47 And he said to David: Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. . . . Proverbs 27:1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth. Ecclesiastes 9:11 I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all. Isaiah 10:15,16 Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood. . . . Matthew 26:33-35 And Peter answering, said to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized. . . . Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said: Before the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly. Exodus 13:18 But he led them about by the way of the desert, which is by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. Context Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria…8And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him. 9Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord, the king: All that thou didst send for to me, thy servant at first, I will do: but this thing I cannot do.10And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again, and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.… Cross References 1 Kings 15:18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that remained in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants: and sent them to Benadad, son of Tabremon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying: 1 Kings 20:8 And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him. 1 Kings 20:10 And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again, and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. Lexicon So [Ahab] answeredוַיֹּ֜אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the messengers לְמַלְאֲכֵ֣י (lə·mal·’ă·ḵê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel of Ben-hadad, הֲדַ֗ד (hă·ḏaḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1130: Ben-hadad -- 'son of Hadad', the name of several Aramean (Syrian) kings “Tell אִמְר֞וּ (’im·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say my lord לַֽאדֹנִ֤י (la·ḏō·nî) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller the king, הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king ‘All כֹּל֩ (kōl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you demanded שָׁלַ֨חְתָּ (šā·laḥ·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out of אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to your servant עַבְדְּךָ֤ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant the first time בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ (ḇā·ri·šō·nāh) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7223: First, in place, time, rank I will do, אֶעֱשֶׂ֔ה (’e·‘ĕ·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make but this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that thing וְהַדָּבָ֣ר (wə·had·dā·ḇār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause I cannot לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no do.’” לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make So the messengers הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים (ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel departed וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk and relayed the message to [Ben-hadad]. דָּבָֽר׃ (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Additional Translations So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.Why he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. And it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people. And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. Wherefore he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first, I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. Therefore 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. And he saith to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, 'Say to my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto thy servant at the first I do, and this thing I am not able to do;' and the messengers go and take him back word. 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