1 Kings 20:3
1 Kings · מלכים א · Nevi'im · 22 chapters · 817 verses
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וּבֶן־הֲדַד מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָם קָבַץ אֶת־כָּל־חֵילוֹ וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁנַיִם מֶלֶךְ אִתּוֹ וְסוּס וָרָכֶב וַיַּעַל וַיָּצַר עַל־שֹׁמְרוֹן וַיִּלָּחֶם בָּֽהּ
And Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל־אַחְאָב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעִֽירָה
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city,
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ כֹּה אָמַר בֶּן־הֲדַד כַּסְפְּךָ וּֽזְהָבְךָ לִֽי־הוּא וְנָשֶׁיךָ וּבָנֶיךָ הַטּוֹבִים לִי־הֵֽם
and said unto him: ‘Thus saith Ben-hadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.’
וַיַּעַן מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר כִּדְבָרְךָ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ לְךָ אֲנִי וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי
And the king of Israel answered and said: ‘It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king: I am thine, and all that I have.’
וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַר בֶּן־הֲדַד לֵאמֹר כִּֽי־שָׁלַחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ לֵאמֹר כַּסְפְּךָ וּזְהָבְךָ וְנָשֶׁיךָ וּבָנֶיךָ לִי תִתֵּֽן
And the messengers came again, and said: ‘Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying: I sent indeed unto thee, saying: Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;