Lièwángjìshang 20:9

9 Gù cǐ， yǐ sè liè wáng duì biàn hā dá dė shǐ zhě shuō， nǐ mėn gào su wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng shuō， wáng tóu yī cì chà qiǎn rén xiàng PŪ rén suǒ yào dė， PŪ rén dōu yī cóng。 dàn zhè cì suǒ yào dė， wǒ bù néng yī cóng。 shǐ zhě jìu qù huí fù biàn hā dá。

Lièwángjìshang 20:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:9

Wherefore he sent unto the messengers of Benhadad
Upon the advice the elders had given him, and encouraged thereby, though in a poor sneaking manner after all:

tell my lord the king, all that thou didst send for to thy servant at
the first I will do;
owning him as his lord, and himself as his servant, and promising to grant his first demand, though so insolent, in the sense he understood him, of paying tribute to him for it:

but this thing I may not do;
to have not only all put into his hands, but his and his servant's houses to be searched and pillaged, because the elders of his people would not agree; and yet he seems to speak as if he himself would have submitted to it, but was restrained by his council:

and the messengers departed, and brought him word again;
reported to Benhadad the answer they received from Ahab.

Lièwángjìshang 20:9 In-Context

7 Yǐ sè liè wáng zhào lė guó zhōng dė zhǎng lǎo lái, duì tā mėn shuō, qǐng nǐ mėn kàn kàn, zhè rén shì zěn yàng dė móu hài wǒ, tā xiān chà qiǎn rén dào wǒ zhè lǐ lái, yào wǒ dė qī zi, er nǚ, hé jīn yín, wǒ bìng méi yǒu tuī cí tā。

8 Zhǎng lǎo hé bǎi xìng duì wáng shuō， bù yào tīng cóng tā， yě bù yào yīng yǔn tā。

9 Gù cǐ， yǐ sè liè wáng duì biàn hā dá dė shǐ zhě shuō， nǐ mėn gào su wǒ zhǔ wǒ wáng shuō， wáng tóu yī cì chà qiǎn rén xiàng PŪ rén suǒ yào dė， PŪ rén dōu yī cóng。 dàn zhè cì suǒ yào dė， wǒ bù néng yī cóng。 shǐ zhě jìu qù huí fù biàn hā dá。

10 Biàn hā dá yòu chà qiǎn rén qù jiàn yà hā shuō， sā MǍ lì yà dė chén tǔ ruò gòu gēn cóng wǒ dė rén měi rén pěng yī pěng dė， yuàn shén míng zhòng zhòng dė jiàng fá yǔ wǒ。

11 Yǐ sè liè wáng shuō， nǐ gào su tā shuō， cái dǐng kuī guàn jiǎ dė， xīu yào xiàng zhāi kuī xiè jiǎ dė kuā kǒu。