1 KINGS 20:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on 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 — Ahab receives Ben-hadad's supplication favorably and calls him "brother"—perhaps using the language of political alliance or simply showing mercy to the defeated king. The phrase shows Ahab's unexpected clemency.
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