3 'Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.' "
3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
3 'Your silver and your gold are mine; your best wives and children also are mine.'"
3 "Ben-Hadad lays claim to your silver and gold, and to the pick of your wives and sons."
3 'Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.' "
3 'Your silver and gold are mine, and so are your wives and the best of your children!'"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 20:3
Commentary on 1 Kings 20:1-11
(Read 1 Kings 20:1-11)
Benhadad sent Ahab a very insolent demand. Ahab sent a very disgraceful submission; sin brings men into such straits, by putting them out of the Divine protection. If God do not rule us, our enemies shall: guilt dispirits men, and makes them cowards. Ahab became desperate. Men will part with their most pleasant things, those they most love, to save their lives; yet they lose their souls rather than part with any pleasure or interest to prevent it. Here is one of the wisest sayings that ever Ahab spake, and it is a good lesson to all. It is folly to boast of any day to come, since we know not what it may bring forth. Apply it to our spiritual conflicts. Peter fell by self-confidence. Happy is the man who is never off his watch.