"And Ben-hadad the king of Asian country gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and enclosed Samaria, and warred against it. And he sent messengers to King king of Israel into the city, and aforesaid unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives besides and thy children, even as the goodliest, are mine. And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine and all that I have" (I Kings 20: 1-4).

What Ben Hadad asked was absolute surrender; and what King gave was what was asked of him-absolute surrender. I want to use these words: "My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have," a