31 ¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard say that the Kings of the house of Israel are merciful Kings: we pray thee, let us put sackcloth about our [a]loins, and ropes about our heads, and go out to the King of Israel: it may be that he will save thy life.

32 Then they girded sackcloth about their loins, and put ropes about their heads, and came to the King of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-Hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live: and he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

33 Now the men took diligent heed, [b]if they could catch anything of him, and made haste, and said, Thy brother [c]Ben-Hadad. And he said, Go, bring him. So Ben-Hadad came out unto him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:31 In sign of submission, and that we have deserved death, if he will punish us with rigor.
  2. 1 Kings 20:33 Or, and caught it of him.
  3. 1 Kings 20:33 He is alive.

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