King James Version
1 Kings 20:3 in the King James Version says “Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.”
1 Kings 20:3 · KJV
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and thy gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“also and thy children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“even the goodliest”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
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