1 Kings 20:32

So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, "Your servant Ben Hadad says, 'Please let me live!'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

1 Kings 20:3-6

He said to him, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.'"

1 Samuel 15:8-20

He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword.

1 Kings 20:31

His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives."

1 Kings 20:42

The prophet then said to him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.'"

Job 12:17-18

He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.

Job 40:11-12

Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;

Isaiah 2:11-12

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 10:12

But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.

Daniel 5:20-23

And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.

Obadiah 1:3-4

Your presumptuous heart has deceived you -- you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, 'No one can bring me down to the ground!'

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Summary

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

He is my brother

Bible References

Thy servant

1 Kings 20:3
He said to him, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.'"
Job 12:17
He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools.
Job 40:11
Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low;
Isaiah 2:11
Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 10:12
But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.
Daniel 5:20
And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him.
Obadiah 1:3
Your presumptuous heart has deceived you -- you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, 'No one can bring me down to the ground!'

He is my brother

1 Kings 20:42
The prophet then said to him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.'"
1 Samuel 15:8
He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword.

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