1 Kings 20:31
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- his servants
- 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 5:13
- merciful kings
- Proverbs 20:28; Isaiah 16:5; Ephesians 1:7, 8
- put sackcloth
- 1 Kings 21:27–29; Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Kings 19:1, 2; Esther 4:1–3; Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 37:1; Jonah 3:5, 6; Revelation 11:3
- peradventure
- 2 Kings 7:4; Esther 4:16; Job 2:4; Matthew 10:28