1 Kings 20:39

Overview - 1 Kings 20
Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria.
13 By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain.
22 As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him in Aphek.
28 By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again.
31 The Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sends Ben-hadad away with a covenant.
35 The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him.
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1 Kings 20:39  (King James Version)
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
 


Thy servant
Judges 9:7-20 ; 2 Samuel 12:1-7 ; 14:5-7 Mark 12:1-12

thy life
42 ; 2 Kings 10:24

or else
Exodus 21:30 ; Job 36:18 ; Psalms 49:7 ; Proverbs 6:35 ; 13:8 1 Peter 1:18 1 Peter 1:19

pay
Hebrew weigh.