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1 Kings 20:2

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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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 to Ahab^H256 king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 into the city^H5892, and said^H559 unto him, Thus saith^H559 Benhadad^H1130,

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל־אַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעִירָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֧ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
מַלְאָכִ֛ים	mal.'a.Khim	H4397	HNcmpa	messengers
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אַחְאָ֥ב	'ach.'Av	H256	HNp	Ahab
מֶֽלֶךְ	Me.lekh-	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
הָ/עִֽירָ/ה	ha./'I.ra/h	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa/Sd	the/ city/ towards

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H256 — אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'): once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח and אָב; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon; Ahab.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1130 — בֶּן־הֲדַד (Ben-Hădad, ben-had-ad'): from בֵּן and הֲדַד; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings; Benhadad.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H4397 — מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk, mal-awk'): from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Cross References

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: AHAB, BENHADAD, NATION, THE
• Torrey’s: SYRIA
• Nave’s: AMBASSADORS

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