1 Kings 20:31 (KJV)

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And his servants said unto him Behold now we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings let us I pray thee put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads and go out to the king of Israel peradventure he will save thy life

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Cross-references

his servants. 1Ki 20:23 2Ki 5:13

merciful kings. Pr 20:28 Isa 16:5 Eph 1:7 Eph 1:8

put sackcloth. 1Ki 21:27-29 Ge 37:34 2Sa 3:31 2Sa 14:2 2Ki 19:1 2Ki 19:2 Es 4:1-3 Isa 22:12 Isa 37:1 Jon 3:5 Jon 3:6 Re 11:3

peradventure. 2Ki 7:4 Es 4:16 Job 2:4 Mt 10:28

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.

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