1 Kings 20:39

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Summary

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

Thy servant

Thy life

1 Kings 20:42

2 Kings 10:24

Or else

Bible References

Thy servant

And when it was told Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lift up his voice and called, and said unto them, "Hearken unto me you citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him and said unto him, "There were two men in one city, a rich and a poor.

And the king said unto her, "What aileth thee?" And she answered, "I am a widow, and mine husband is dead.

And he began to speak unto them in similitudes. "A certain man planted a vineyard, and compassed it with a hedge, and ordained a winepress, and built a tower in it, and let it out to hire unto husbandmen, and went into a strange country.

Thy life

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."

And they went in, to offer sacrifice and burnt offerings. But Jehu appointed him four score men without, and said, "If any of the men that I shall bring unto your hands escape, he that letteth him go shall die for him."

Or else

If he be set to a sum of money, then he shall give for the deliverance of his life, according to all that is put unto him.

For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts.

But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him,

no, though thou wouldest offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.

With goods every man delivereth his life; and the poor will not be reproved.

Forasmuch as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers,