1 Kings 20:31

HOT⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ ויאמרו אליו עבדיו הנה נא שׁמענו כי מלכי בית ישׂראל כי מלכי חסד הם נשׂימה נא שׂקים במתנינו וחבלים בראשׁנו ונצא אל מלך ישׂראל אולי יחיה את נפשׁך׃

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his servants.
1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 5:13
merciful kings.
Proverbs 20:28; Isaiah 16:5; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 1:8
let us, I pray thee.Six of the citizens of Calais are reported to have acted nearly in the same manner, when they surrendered their city to Edward the Third, king of England, in 1346. See the whole story circumstantially related by Sir John Froissart, (who lived in that time,) with that simplicity and detail that give it every appearance of truth.
put sackcloth.
1 Kings 21:27-29; Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 19:2; Esther 4:1-3; Isaiah 22:12
Isaiah 37:1; Jonah 3:5; Jonah 3:6; Revelation 11:3
peradventure.
2 Kings 7:4; Esther 4:16; Job 2:4; Matthew 10:28