Bible in Basic English
"And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine."
— 1 Kings 20:3, Bible in Basic English
“Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.”
Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.
And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;
And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.
And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.
Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;
But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.