So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said,
Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live.
And he said,
Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
Now the men observed diligently, and hasted to catch whether it were his mind; and they said,
Then he said,
Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.