1 Kings 20:3

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saying, 'This is what Ben-Hadad says: Your silver and gold are mine, and so are the best of your wives and children.'

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  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'
  • Isa 10:13-14 : 13 For he says, 'By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, plundered their treasures, and brought down their mighty ones like a bull.' 14 My hand seized the wealth of nations like one finds a nest. As one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; no wing fluttered, no beak opened to chirp.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:4-7
    4 verses
    86%

    4 The king of Israel answered, 'As you say, my lord the king. I and all that I have are yours.'

    5 But the messengers came back and said, 'This is what Ben-Hadad says: I sent to demand your silver, gold, wives, and children. You must give them to me.'

    6 'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.'

    7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, 'See how this man is seeking trouble! He sent for my wives, my sons, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.'

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered his entire army along with thirty-two kings, horses, and chariots. He marched up, laid siege to Samaria, and attacked it.

    2 He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, in the city,

  • Hag 2:8
    72%

    8 The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine—this is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

    10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message: 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for even a handful for each of the people who follow me.'

  • Joel 3:5
    72%

    5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried my precious treasures into your temples.

  • 1 Kgs 20:31-34
    4 verses
    71%

    31 His servants said to him, "We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life."

    32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says: 'Please let me live.'" The king answered, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

    33 The men interpreted this as a good sign and quickly seized on it, saying, 'Yes, Ben-Hadad is your brother!' The king said, 'Go and bring him.' So Ben-Hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him brought into his chariot.

    34 Ben-Hadad said to him, 'I will restore the cities that my father took from your father, and you can set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.' Ahab replied, 'On the basis of a treaty, I will let you go.' So he made a treaty with him and let him go.

  • 1 Kgs 15:18
    70%

    18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace and placed them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, with this message:

  • 2 Chr 21:14
    70%

    14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a devastating plague.

  • 1 Kgs 20:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12 When Ben-Hadad heard this reply while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, he commanded his officials, 'Prepare to attack,' and they prepared to attack the city.

    13 Meanwhile, a prophet approached Ahab, king of Israel, and said, 'This is what the LORD says: Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and you will know that I am the LORD.'

  • 1 Kgs 20:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24 They advised, 'Do this: Remove all the kings from their posts and replace them with governors.

    25 You must assemble an army like the one you lost, with horses and chariots like the ones before. Then we will fight them on the plains, and surely we will be stronger than they are." Ben-Hadad listened to their advice and did as they instructed.

  • 2 Sam 12:11
    69%

    11 This is what the Lord says: 'Look, I am going to bring disaster upon you from within your own household. I will take your wives before your very eyes and give them to someone close to you, who will sleep with them in broad daylight.

  • Jer 17:3
    69%

    3 O my mountain in the field, I will give away your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, along with your high places, because of the sin committed throughout your borders.

  • 2 Chr 16:2
    69%

    2 Asa took silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king's palace and sent them to Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, who resided in Damascus, with this message:

  • 1 Kgs 22:3
    68%

    3 The king of Israel said to his servants, 'Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, yet we remain idle without taking it back from the king of Aram?'

  • Exod 22:24
    68%

    24 If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest.

  • Nah 2:9
    68%

    9 Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. 'Stop! Stop!' they cry, but no one turns back.

  • Num 18:14
    68%

    14 'Everything in Israel that is devoted to the LORD shall be yours.'

  • 1 Kgs 20:17-18
    2 verses
    68%

    17 The young men of the provincial leaders went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent scouts who reported to him, 'Men have come out from Samaria.'

    18 He said, 'If they have come out for peace, capture them alive; and if they have come out for war, capture them alive.'

  • Jer 15:13
    67%

    13 Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder, without price, because of all your sins throughout your territory.

  • 2 Kgs 18:15
    67%

    15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.

  • Deut 20:14
    67%

    14 However, you may take the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the city as your spoils. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

  • Num 18:12
    67%

    12 'I give you the finest olive oil, new wine, and grain—the firstfruits they offer to the LORD.'

  • 1 Chr 29:3
    67%

    3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now dedicate my personal treasure of gold and silver for the house of my God, in addition to all I have already provided for the holy house.

  • 1 Kgs 21:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2 Ahab said to Naboth, 'Give me your vineyard so I can use it as a vegetable garden, because it is close to my house. In exchange, I will give you a better vineyard, or if you prefer, I will pay you its worth in silver.'

    3 But Naboth said to Ahab, 'The LORD forbid that I should give you my ancestral inheritance!'

  • 1 Kgs 2:15
    67%

    15 He said, 'You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel turned their faces to me to make me king. But the kingdom has been transferred and has become my brother's, for it was the LORD's will.'

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
    66%

    39 As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him and said, 'Your servant went into the middle of the battle, and suddenly a man brought another man to me and said, "Guard this man. If he is missing, your life will be for his life, or you will pay a talent of silver."

  • Isa 2:7
    66%

    7 Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures. Their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.

  • 1 Sam 8:14
    66%

    14 He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves and give them to his officials.

  • Ezra 8:28
    66%

    28 I said to them, 'You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors.'

  • 1 Kgs 21:20
    66%

    20 Ahab said to Elijah, 'So, have you found me, my enemy?' 'I have found you,' he answered, 'because you have devoted yourself to doing evil in the eyes of the LORD.'

  • 2 Sam 12:8
    66%

    8 'I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

  • 2 Chr 21:17
    66%

    17 They attacked Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's palace, along with his sons and wives. The only son left to him was Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    66%

    16 He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his own work.

  • 2 Chr 25:24
    66%

    24 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-Edom, together with the treasures of the royal palace and the hostages, and then he returned to Samaria.

  • Josh 6:19
    66%

    19 All the silver, gold, bronze, and iron are holy to the LORD and must go into His treasury.

  • Deut 3:19
    66%

    19 'But your wives, children, and livestock—I know you have much livestock—may stay in the towns I have given you.'