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1 Re 20:3

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3 Così dice Ben-hadad: Il tuo argento ed il tuo oro è mio; mie sono ancora le tue mogli ed i tuoi bei figliuoli.

1 Re 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:3

Thy silver and thy gold is mine
Not of right, but reckoning it as good as in his hands, Ahab not being able to resist him:

and thy wives also;
for it seems he had more than Jezebel:

and thy children;
which were many, for he had no less than seventy sons, ( 2 Kings 10:1 ) ,

even the goodliest are mine:
some aggravate this, as if his view was to commit the unnatural sin with his male children, when in his possession.

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1 Re 20:3 In-Context

1 OR Ben-hadad, re di Siria, adunò tutto il suo esercito; ed avea seco trentadue re, e cavalli, e carri; poi salì, pose l’assedio a Samaria, e la combattè.
2 E mandò messi ad Achab, re d’Israele, nella città, a dirgli:
3 Così dice Ben-hadad: Il tuo argento ed il tuo oro è mio; mie sono ancora le tue mogli ed i tuoi bei figliuoli.
4 E il re d’Israele rispose, e disse: Egli è come tu dici, o re, mio signore; io son tuo, insieme, con tutto quello ch’è mio.
5 Ed i messi ritornarono, e dissero: Così ha detto Ben-hadad: Anzi io ti avea mandato a dire: Dammi il tuo argento, e il tuo oro, e le tue mogli, ed i tuoi figliuoli;
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