Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
and said unto him, "Thus sayeth Benhadad, 'Thy silver and thy gold is mine, and the best of thy wives, and the best of thy children be mine.'"
Job 12:17
He carrieth away the wise men, as it were a spoil, and bringeth the judges out of their wits.
Job 40:11
pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud,
Isaiah 2:11
which casteth down the high looks of presumptuous persons, and bringeth low the pride of man, and the LORD only shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 10:12
Wherefore the LORD sayeth: As soon as I have performed my whole work upon the hill of Zion and Jerusalem, then will I also visit the noble and stout king of Assyria, with his wisdom and pride."
Daniel 5:20
But because his heart was so proud, and his stomach set so fast unto wilfulness: he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his majesty was taken from him.
Obadiah 1:3
The pride of thine heart hath lift thee up, thou that dwellest in the strongholds of stone, and hast made thee a high seat. Thou sayest in thine heart, "Who shall cast me down to the ground?"

He is my brother

1 Kings 20:42
And he said unto the king, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Because thou hast let go a man that ought to have died, thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his."
1 Samuel 15:8
and took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.