And now, I beseech You, let the power of my Lord be great, just as You have spoken, saying,

Pardon the iniquity of this people, I pray, according to the greatness of Your mercy, just as You have borne this people, from Egypt even until now.

So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-Hadad says, Please preserve my soul alive. And he said, Is he still alive? He is my brother.

Now the men observed carefully, and they quickly grasped at this word and said, Your brother Ben-Hadad. And he said, Go, bring him. Then Ben-Hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot.

Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come to His place!

I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And he spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there? And He said, I will not do it for the sake of forty.