John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And the king of Israel answered and said, my lord, O king , etc.] So he said to Benhadad’s messengers, representing him, as acknowledging his sovereignty over him: according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have : which he understood of holding all that he had of him, by giving him homage, and paying him tribute; not that he was to deliver all his substance, and especially his wives
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