34Ben Hadad said to him, |The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.| |I,| said Ahab, |will let you go with this covenant.| So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.


In Context

31 His servants said to him, |See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.|

32 So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, |Your servant Ben Hadad says, 'Please let me live.'| He said, |Is he still alive? He is my brother.|

33 Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, |Your brother Ben Hadad.| Then he said, |Go, bring him.| Then Ben Hadad came out to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

34 Ben Hadad said to him, |The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.| |I,| said Ahab, |will let you go with this covenant.| So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

35 A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, |Please strike me!| The man refused to strike him.

36 Then he said to him, |Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall kill you.| As soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and killed him.

1 Kings 20:34 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:34"I will return the cities my father took from your father," Ben-Hadad offered. "You may set up your own market areas in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Ahab said, "On the basis of a treaty I will set you free." So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:34And [Ben-hadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab,] I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:34And he said to him: The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore: and do thou make thee streets in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria, and having made a league I will depart from thee. So he made a league with him, and let him go.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:34And Ben-hadad'said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I,'said Ahab , will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:34And Ben-Hadad said to him, The cities that my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I said Ahab will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:34And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:34And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:34And he saith unto him, 'The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;' — 'and I, with a covenant, send thee away;' and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:34And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.