Translations
So he told Ben-Hadad's envoys: "Report to my lord the king: everything you demanded of me at first, I will comply with — but this latest demand I cannot meet." The envoys went back and delivered his answer.
So he said to Ben-Hadad's messengers: "Tell my lord the king: all that you first demanded of your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do." The messengers went and brought him back this word.
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

