1 Kings 20:3

1 Kings 20:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
• New International Version (NIV)‘Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)'Your silver and your gold are mine; your best wives and children also are mine.'"
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.’ ”

Context of 1 Kings 20:3

1Ben-Hadad was the king of Syria. He got all his army together. 32 other kings with their horses and chariots joined with him. He went to attack the city of Samaria. He put his army all around it and then he attacked it. 2He sent men to take a message to Ahab, the king of Israel, who was in the city. The message said: ‘This message is from King Ben-Hadad. He says, “Your silver and your gold now belong to me. Your best wives and your strongest children will also be mine.” ’ 4The king of Israel replied, ‘My master, the king, I agree with what you have said. I, and everything that I have, belongs to you.’ 5Ben-Hadad's men then took another message to Ahab. They said to him, ‘This is what Ben-Hadad says: “I already told you that you must give me your silver, your gold, your wives and your children.

1 Kings 20:3 word by word

כַּסְפְּךָ֥ וּֽזְהָבְךָ֖ לִֽי־ה֑וּא וְנָשֶׁ֧יךָ וּבָנֶ֛יךָ הַטּוֹבִ֖ים לִי־הֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and thy goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• mine; thy wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• also and thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• the goodliestטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896

Cross-references for 1 Kings 20:3

• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, “We will go after them. We will catch them. We will destroy them with our swords. We will do whatever we want to them. We will take all their valuable things for ourselves.”
• Isaiah 10:13The king of Assyria says this: ‘I have won these battles because of my own strength. I have been very wise and clever. I have marched into nations as if they had no borders. I have taken their valuable things for myself. Like a wild bull, I have removed kings from their thrones.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 20:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4Ben-hadad's first group of messengers demanded that Israel surrender its treasures and people. Ahab agreed, wanting peace no matter the cost. He was willing to give up royal treasures and even his family to avoid a bloody war with a powerful enemy.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 20:3

• Ambassadors

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Mark
• Samaria
• Benhadad
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Samaria, City of
• siege, besiege, besieged, siegework, siegeworks

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