1 Kings 20:6

1 Kings 20:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
• New International Version (NIV)But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nevertheless I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants and lay hands on whatever pleases you and take it away.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hands and take it.’ ”

Context of 1 Kings 20:6

4Then the king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.” 5The messengers then returned and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent messengers to you, saying, “You are to give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.” But at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your palace and your servants’ houses. They will lay their hands on and take away whatever is precious to you.’” 7Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Recognize that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.” 8All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen or agree.”

1 Kings 20:6 word by word

כִּ֣י׀ אִם־כָּעֵ֣ת מָחָ֗ר אֶשְׁלַ֤ח אֶת־עֲבָדַי֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְחִפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣יתְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת בָּתֵּ֣י עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־מַחְמַ֣ד עֵינֶ֔יךָ יָשִׂ֥ימוּ בְיָדָ֖ם וְלָקָֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• my servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• unto thee to morrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279
• about this timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and they shall searchחָפַשׂchâphaώ · to searchH2664
• thine houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and it shall beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• whatsoever is pleasantמַחְמָדmachmâd · desireH4261
• in thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• they shall putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: takeH7760
• in their handיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027
• awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947

Cross-references for 1 Kings 20:6

• 1 Samuel 13:19No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”
• 2 Samuel 24:14David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the Lord’s hands because his mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”
• 2 Kings 18:31“Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Make peace with me and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and each may drink water from his own cistern
• Genesis 27:15Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.
• Ezra 8:27twenty gold bowls worth a thousand gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.
• Isaiah 44:9All who make idols are nothing, and what they treasure benefits no one. Their witnesses do not see or know anything, so they will be put to shame.
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out. Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.
• Lamentations 1:7During the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into the adversary’s hand, she had no one to help. The adversaries looked at her, laughing over her downfall.
• Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. His water source will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder the treasury of every precious item.
• Joel 3:5For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures to your temples.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 20:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes - It is not easy to discern in what this second requisition differed from the first; for surely his silver, gold, wives, and children, were among his most pleasant or desirable things. Jarchi supposes that it was the book of the law of the Lord which Ben-hadad meant, and of which he intended to deprive Israel. It is however evident that Ben-hadad meant to sack the whole city, and after having taken the royal treasures…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Ben-hadad, disappointed by Ahab‘s consent to an indignity which he had thought no monarch could submit to, proceeds to put a fresh construction on his former demands.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-122-12. Thus said Ben-hadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine--To this message sent him during the siege, Ahab returned a tame and submissive answer, probably thinking it meant no more than an exaction of tribute. But the demand was repeated with greater insolence; and yet, from the abject character of Ahab, there is reason to believe he would have yielded to this arrogant claim also, had not the voice of his subjects been raised against it. Ben-hadad's…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 20:6

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In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Mark
• Samaria
• Benhadad
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Samaria, City of
• Ambassador

Commentaries on 1 Kings 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary