--- title: "Ahab Spares Ben-hadad" description: "Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the..." image: "" book: "1 Kings" bookId: "1KI" testament: "old" startChapter: 20 startVerse: 31 endChapter: 20 endVerse: 34 coversChapters: [20] aiTitle: "Ahab Spares Ben-hadad" aiDescription: "Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the..." hasAiStory: true location: "Samaria" persons: ["Ben-hadad","Ahab","Israelites"] hashtags: ["mercy","war","forgiveness"] genre: "history" readingTime: 1 type: "adaptive" slug: "1KI/ahab-spares-ben-hadad" canonicalId: "1KI.20.31-20.34" chronologicalOrder: 824 relatedSlugs: [] prevSlug: "1KI/another-war-with-ben-hadad" nextSlug: "1KI/a-prophet-reproves-ahab" --- Then the servants of [Ben-hadad](/persons/ben-hadad) said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.” So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’”
And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.”
“Go and get him!” said the king.
Then Ben-hadad came out, and [Ahab](/persons/ahab) had him come up into his chariot. Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.”
“By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

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