Thematic Bible: Called upon the city to surrender
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When they called for the King, Hilkiah's son Eliakim, who managed the household, Shebnah the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah the recorder went out to them.
Then he sent envoys to visit King Ahab of Israel and told him, "This is what Ben-hadad says: "Your silver and gold belong to me. So do the most beautiful of your wives and children.'"
""Why are you so confident? You're saying but they're only empty words "I have enough advice and resources to conduct warfare!'