1st Kings 第 20 章 - King James Strong Number Version

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And Benhadad <H1130> the king <H4428> of Syria <H0758> gathered all his host <H2428> together: <H6908> and [there were] thirty <H7970> and two <H8147> kings <H4428> with him, and horses, <H5483> and chariots: <H7393> and he went up <H5927> and besieged <H6696> Samaria, <H8111> and warred <H3898> against it.

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And he sent <H7971> messengers <H4397> to Ahab <H0256> king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> into the city, <H5892> and said <H0559> unto him, Thus saith <H0559> Benhadad, <H1130>

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Thy silver <H3701> and thy gold <H2091> [is] mine; thy wives <H0802> also and thy children, <H1121> [even] the goodliest, <H2896> [are] mine.

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And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> My lord, <H0113> O king, <H4428> according to thy saying, <H1697> I [am] thine, and all that I have.

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And the messengers <H4397> came again, <H7725> and said, <H0559> Thus speaketh <H0559> Benhadad, <H1130> saying, <H0559> Although I have sent <H7971> unto thee, saying, <H0559> Thou shalt deliver <H5414> me thy silver, <H3701> and thy gold, <H2091> and thy wives, <H0802> and thy children; <H1121>

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Yet I will send <H7971> my servants <H5650> unto thee to morrow <H4279> about this time, <H6256> and they shall search <H2664> thine house, <H1004> and the houses <H1004> of thy servants; <H5650> and it shall be, <H1961> [that] whatsoever is pleasant <H4261> in thine eyes, <H5869> they shall put <H7760> [it] in their hand, <H3027> and take [it] away. <H3947>

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Then the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> called <H7121> all the elders <H2205> of the land, <H0776> and said, <H0559> Mark, <H3045> I pray you, and see <H7200> how this [man] seeketh <H1245> mischief: <H7451> for he sent <H7971> unto me for my wives, <H0802> and for my children, <H1121> and for my silver, <H3701> and for my gold; <H2091> and I denied <H4513> him not.

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And all the elders <H2205> and all the people <H5971> said <H0559> unto him, Hearken <H8085> not [unto him], nor consent. <H0014>

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Wherefore he said <H0559> unto the messengers <H4397> of Benhadad, <H1130> Tell <H0559> my lord <H0113> the king, <H4428> All that thou didst send <H7971> for to thy servant <H5650> at the first <H7223> I will do: <H6213> but this thing <H1697> I may <H3201> not do. <H6213> And the messengers <H4397> departed, <H3212> and brought him word <H1697> again. <H7725>

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And Benhadad <H1130> sent <H7971> unto him, and said, <H0559> The gods <H0430> do <H6213> so unto me, and more <H3254> also, if the dust <H6083> of Samaria <H8111> shall suffice <H5606> for handfuls <H8168> for all the people <H5971> that follow <H7272> me.

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And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> Tell <H1696> [him], Let not him that girdeth <H2296> on [his harness] boast <H1984> himself as he that putteth it off. <H6605>

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And it came to pass, when [Ben-hadad] heard <H8085> this message, <H1697> as he [was] drinking, <H8354> he and the kings <H4428> in the pavilions, <H5521> that he said <H0559> unto his servants, <H5650> Set <H7760> [yourselves in array]. And they set <H7760> [themselves in array] against the city. <H5892>

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And, behold, there came <H5066> a <H0259> prophet <H5030> unto Ahab <H0256> king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> saying, <H0559> Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> Hast thou seen <H7200> all this great <H1419> multitude? <H1995> behold, I will deliver <H5414> it into thine hand <H3027> this day; <H3117> and thou shalt know <H3045> that I [am] the LORD. <H3068>

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And Ahab <H0256> said, <H0559> By whom? And he said, <H0559> Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> [Even] by the young men <H5288> of the princes <H8269> of the provinces. <H4082> Then he said, <H0559> Who shall order <H0631> the battle? <H4421> And he answered, <H0559> Thou.

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Then he numbered <H6485> the young men <H5288> of the princes <H8269> of the provinces, <H4082> and they were two hundred <H3967> and thirty <H7970> two: <H8147> and after <H0310> them he numbered <H6485> all the people, <H5971> [even] all the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> [being] seven <H7651> thousand. <H0505>

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And they went out <H3318> at noon. <H6672> But Benhadad <H1130> [was] drinking <H8354> himself drunk <H7910> in the pavilions, <H5521> he and the kings, <H4428> the thirty <H7970> and two <H8147> kings <H4428> that helped <H5826> him.

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And the young men <H5288> of the princes <H8269> of the provinces <H4082> went out <H3318> first; <H7223> and Benhadad <H1130> sent out, <H7971> and they told <H5046> him, saying, <H0559> There are men <H0582> come out <H3318> of Samaria. <H8111>

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And he said, <H0559> Whether they be come out <H3318> for peace, <H7965> take <H8610> them alive; <H2416> or whether they be come out <H3318> for war, <H4421> take <H8610> them alive. <H2416>

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So these young men <H5288> of the princes <H8269> of the provinces <H4082> came out <H3318> of the city, <H5892> and the army <H2428> which followed <H0310> them.

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And they slew <H5221> every one <H0376> his man: <H0376> and the Syrians <H0758> fled; <H5127> and Israel <H3478> pursued <H7291> them: and Benhadad <H1130> the king <H4428> of Syria <H0758> escaped <H4422> on an horse <H5483> with the horsemen. <H6571>

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And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> went out, <H3318> and smote <H5221> the horses <H5483> and chariots, <H7393> and slew <H5221> the Syrians <H0758> with a great <H1419> slaughter. <H4347>

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And the prophet <H5030> came <H5066> to the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> and said <H0559> unto him, Go, <H3212> strengthen <H2388> thyself, and mark, <H3045> and see <H7200> what thou doest: <H6213> for at the return <H8666> of the year <H8141> the king <H4428> of Syria <H0758> will come up <H5927> against thee.

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And the servants <H5650> of the king <H4428> of Syria <H0758> said <H0559> unto him, Their gods <H0430> [are] gods <H0430> of the hills; <H2022> therefore they were stronger <H2388> than we; but <H0199> let us fight <H3898> against them in the plain, <H4334> and surely <H3808> we shall be stronger <H2388> than they.

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And do <H6213> this thing, <H1697> Take the kings <H4428> away, <H5493> every man <H0376> out of his place, <H4725> and put <H7760> captains <H6346> in their rooms:

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And number <H4487> thee an army, <H2428> like the army <H2428> that thou hast lost, <H5307> horse <H5483> for horse, <H5483> and chariot <H7393> for chariot: <H7393> and we will fight <H3898> against them <H0854> in the plain, <H4334> [and] surely we shall be stronger <H2388> than they. And he hearkened <H8085> unto their voice, <H6963> and did <H6213> so.

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And it came to pass at the return <H8666> of the year, <H8141> that Benhadad <H1130> numbered <H6485> the Syrians, <H0758> and went up <H5927> to Aphek, <H0663> to fight <H4421> against Israel. <H3478>

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And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> were numbered, <H6485> and were all present, <H3557> and went <H3212> against <H7125> them: and the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> pitched <H2583> before them like two <H8147> little flocks <H2835> of kids; <H5795> but the Syrians <H0758> filled <H4390> the country. <H0776>

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And there came <H5066> a man <H0376> of God, <H0430> and spake <H0559> unto the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> and said, <H0559> Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> Because the Syrians <H0758> have said, <H0559> The LORD <H3068> [is] God <H0430> of the hills, <H2022> but he [is] not God <H0430> of the valleys, <H6010> therefore will I deliver <H5414> all this great <H1419> multitude <H1995> into thine hand, <H3027> and ye shall know <H3045> that I [am] the LORD. <H3068>

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And they pitched <H2583> one <H0428> over against <H5227> the other <H0428> seven <H7651> days. <H3117> And [so] it was, that in the seventh <H7637> day <H3117> the battle <H4421> was joined: <H7126> and the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> slew <H5221> of the Syrians <H0758> an hundred <H3967> thousand <H0505> footmen <H7273> in one <H0259> day. <H3117>

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But the rest <H3498> fled <H5127> to Aphek, <H0663> into the city; <H5892> and [there] a wall <H2346> fell <H5307> upon twenty <H6242> and seven <H7651> thousand <H0505> of the men <H0376> [that were] left. <H3498> And Benhadad <H1130> fled, <H5127> and came <H0935> into the city, <H5892> into an inner <H2315> chamber. <H2315>

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And his servants <H5650> said <H0559> unto him, Behold now, we have heard <H8085> that the kings <H4428> of the house <H1004> of Israel <H3478> [are] merciful <H2617> kings: <H4428> let us, I pray thee, put <H7760> sackcloth <H8242> on our loins, <H4975> and ropes <H2256> upon our heads, <H7218> and go out <H3318> to the king <H4428> of Israel: <H3478> peradventure he will save <H2421> thy life. <H5315>

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So they girded <H2296> sackcloth <H8242> on their loins, <H4975> and [put] ropes <H2256> on their heads, <H7218> and came <H0935> to the king <H4428> of Israel, <H3478> and said, <H0559> Thy servant <H5650> Benhadad <H1130> saith, <H0559> I pray thee, let me <H5315> live. <H2421> And he said, <H0559> [Is] he yet alive? <H2416> he [is] my brother. <H0251>

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Now the men <H0582> did diligently observe <H5172> whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily <H4116> catch <H2480> [it]: and they said, <H0559> Thy brother <H0251> Benhadad. <H1130> Then he said, <H0559> Go <H0935> ye, bring <H3947> him. Then Benhadad <H1130> came forth <H3318> to him; and he caused him to come up <H5927> into the chariot. <H4818>

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And [Ben-hadad] said <H0559> unto him, The cities, <H5892> which my father <H0001> took <H3947> from thy father, <H0001> I will restore; <H7725> and thou shalt make <H7760> streets <H2351> for thee in Damascus, <H1834> as my father <H0001> made <H7760> in Samaria. <H8111> Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away <H7971> with this covenant. <H1285> So he made <H3772> a covenant <H1285> with him, and sent him away. <H7971>

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And a certain <H0259> man <H0376> of the sons <H1121> of the prophets <H5030> said <H0559> unto his neighbour <H7453> in the word <H1697> of the LORD, <H3068> Smite <H5221> me, I pray thee. And the man <H0376> refused <H3985> to smite <H5221> him.

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Then said <H0559> he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed <H8085> the voice <H6963> of the LORD, <H3068> behold, as soon as thou art departed <H1980> from me, a lion <H0738> shall slay <H5221> thee. And as soon as he was departed <H3212> from him, <H0681> a lion <H0738> found <H4672> him, and slew <H5221> him.

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Then he found <H4672> another <H0312> man, <H0376> and said, <H0559> Smite <H5221> me, I pray thee. And the man <H0376> smote <H5221> him, so that in smiting <H5221> he wounded <H6481> [him].

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So the prophet <H5030> departed, <H3212> and waited <H5975> for the king <H4428> by the way, <H1870> and disguised <H2664> himself with ashes <H0666> upon his face. <H5869>

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And as the king <H4428> passed by, <H5674> he cried <H6817> unto the king: <H4428> and he said, <H0559> Thy servant <H5650> went out <H3318> into the midst <H7130> of the battle; <H4421> and, behold, a man <H0376> turned aside, <H5493> and brought <H0935> a man <H0376> unto me, and said, <H0559> Keep <H8104> this man: <H0376> if by any means <H6485> he be missing, <H6485> then shall thy life <H5315> be for his life, <H5315> or else thou shalt pay <H8254> a talent <H3603> of silver. <H3701>

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And as thy servant <H5650> was busy <H6213> here and there, he was gone. <H0369> And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> said <H0559> unto him, So [shall] thy judgment <H4941> [be]; thyself hast decided <H2782> [it].

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And he hasted, <H4116> and took the ashes <H0666> away <H5493> from his face; <H5869> and the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> discerned <H5234> him that he [was] of the prophets. <H5030>

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And he said <H0559> unto him, Thus saith <H0559> the LORD, <H3068> Because thou hast let go <H7971> out of [thy] hand <H3027> a man <H0376> whom I appointed to utter destruction, <H2764> therefore thy life <H5315> shall go for his life, <H5315> and thy people <H5971> for his people. <H5971>

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And the king <H4428> of Israel <H3478> went <H3212> to his house <H1004> heavy <H5620> and displeased, <H2198> and came <H0935> to Samaria. <H8111>