1 KINGS 20:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.”
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life — Ben-hadad's servants suggest appealing to Ahab's mercy. The phrase shows their knowledge that Israelite kings may show clemency to defeated enemies who submit.
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