1 Kings 20 · Verse 4

1 Kings 20:4

And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
1 Kings 20:4, King James Version

1 Kings 20:4 in other translations

BSBAnd the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”
WEBThe king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all that I have.”
ASVAnd the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.
YLTAnd the king of Israel answereth and saith, ‘According to thy word, my lord, O king: I am thine, and all that I have.'
DARBYAnd the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
BBEAnd the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.
WebsterAnd the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

What does 1 Kings 20:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:2-12

2-12. Thus said Ben-hadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine--To this message sent him during the siege, Ahab returned a tame and submissive answer, probably thinking it meant no more than an exaction of tribute. But the demand was repeated with greater insolence; and yet, from the abject character of Ahab, there is reason to believe he would have yielded to this arrogant claim also, had not the voice of his subjects…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 I am thine, and all that I have - He probably hoped by this humiliation to soften this barbarous king, and perhaps to get better conditions.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 20:1-11

Benhadad sent Ahab a very insolent demand. Ahab sent a very disgraceful submission; sin brings men into such straits, by putting them out of the Divine protection. If God do not rule us, our enemies shall: guilt dispirits men, and makes them cowards. Ahab became desperate. Men will part with their most pleasant things, those they most love, to save their lives; yet they lose their souls rather than part with any…

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1 Kings 20:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answeredH6030
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיֹּ֔אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
כִּדְבָרְךָ֖kid.va.re.Khaaccording to word yourH1697
אֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiO lord myH113
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
לְךָ֥le.Kha[belong] to you
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiIH589
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
לִֽי\׃Li[belongs] to me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 20:4

  • 1 Samuel 13:6-7

    When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  • Leviticus 26:36

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

  • 2 Kings 18:14-16

    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house. At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

  • Judges 15:11-13

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am thine.
Le 26:36; De 28:48; Jud 15:11-13; 1Sa 13:6,7; 2Ki 18:14-16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 20:3

    Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

  • 1 Kings 20:4

    And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

  • 1 Kings 20:5

    And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

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1 Kings 20:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el rey de Israel respondió, y dijo: Como tú dices, rey señor mío, yo soy tuyo, y todo lo que tengo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi d’Israël répondit et dit: Selon ta parole, ô roi, mon seigneur, je suis à toi, moi et tout ce que j’ai.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der König von Israel antwortete und sprach: Nach deinem Worte, mein Herr König: dein bin ich mit allem, was mein ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Responditque rex Israël: Juxta verbum tuum, domine mi rex, tuus sum ego, et omnia mea.