1 KINGS 20:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did quickly catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot — Ahab's use of "brother" terminology is confirmed by his men, and he summons Ben-hadad to his chariot. The phrase shows Ahab elevating the defeated king to equality or alliance status.
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