1 Kings 20:1-22
am 3103, bc 901 Benhadad 1Kgs 15:18, 1Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 8:7-10; 2Chr 16:2-4; Jer 49:27; Amos 1:4 Thirty and two 1Kgs 20:16, 1Kgs 20:24; Gen 14:1-5; Judg 1:7; Ezra 7:12; Isa 10:8; Ezek 26:7; Dan 2:37 and horses Exod 14:7; Deut 20:1; Judg 4:3; 1Sam 13:5; Isa 37:24 besieged Lev 26:25; Deut 28:52; 2Kgs 6:24-29, 2Kgs 17:5-6 2Kgs 19:9; Isa 36:2-22, Isa 37:9-10 Exod 15:9; Isa 10:13-14 I am thine Lev 26:36; Deut 28:48; Judg 15:11-13; 1Sam 13:6-7; 2Kgs 18:14-16 and they shall search 1Sam 13:19-21; 2Sam 24:14; 2Kgs 18:31-32 pleasant Heb. desirable, Gen 27:15; Ezra 8:27; Isa 44:9; Jer 25:34; Lam 1:7, Lam 1:10; Hos 13:15; Joel 3:5 *marg. all the elders 1Kgs 8:1; 2Kgs 5:7; 1Chr 13:1, 1Chr 28:1; Prov 11:14 Mark 2Kgs 5:7 seeketh mischief Job 15:35; Ps 7:14, Ps 36:4, Ps 62:3, Ps 140:2; Prov 6:14, Prov 11:27, Prov 24:2; Dan 11:27; Rom 3:13-18 denied him not Heb. kept not back from him, 1Kgs 20:4 The gods 1Kgs 19:2; Acts 23:12 if the dust 2Sam 17:12-13; 2Kgs 19:23-24; Isa 10:13-14, Isa 37:24-25 follow me Heb. are at my feet, Exod 11:8 *marg. Judg 4:10 Let not him etc. This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it." 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 14:12-13, 1Sam 17:44-47; Prov 27:1; Eccl 9:11; Isa 10:15-16; Matt 26:33-35, Matt 26:75 harness The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French harnois. See note on Exod 13:18. message Heb. word drinking 1Kgs 20:16, 1Kgs 16:9; 1Sam 25:36; 2Sam 13:28; Prov 31:4-5; Dan 5:2, Dan 5:30; Luke 21:34; Eph 5:18 pavilions or, tents, That persons of regal dignity regaled themselves in this manner, we may learn from Dr. Chandler, who, when he went to visit the Aga of Suki, after his return from hawking, found him vexed and tired; and "a couch was prepared from him beneath a shed made against a cottage, and covered with green boughs to keep off the sun. He entered as we were standing by, and fell down on it to sleep, without taking any notice of us." Jer 43:10 Set yourselves in array, And they set etc. or, Place the engines, And they placed engines came Heb. approached Hast thou 2Kgs 6:8-12, 2Kgs 7:1, 2Kgs 13:23; Isa 7:1-9; Ezek 20:14, Ezek 20:22 and thou shalt 1Kgs 20:28, 1Kgs 18:37; Exod 14:18, Exod 16:12; Ps 83:18; Isa 37:20; Ezek 6:7; Joel 3:17 young men or, servants, Gen 14:14-16; Judg 7:16-20; 1Sam 17:50; 1Cor 1:27-29 order Heb. bind, or tie, 1Kgs 18:44 two hundred Judg 7:7, Judg 7:16; 1Sam 14:6; 2Chr 14:11 seven thousand 1Kgs 19:18; 1Sam 14:2; 2Kgs 13:7; Ps 106:40-43 Benhadad 1Kgs 20:11-12, 1Kgs 16:7; Prov 23:29-32; Eccl 10:16-17; Hos 4:11 the thirty Isa 54:15; The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a drunken king, who gave orders over his cups, while he was drinking at noon. Drunkenness is a sin which is most detestable in all, but more so in a king than in a private individual, inasmuch as the greater weight a man's situation carries, whether from accumulated riches, family connections, hereditary authority, or invested command, so is the influence which his vices must have on those around him. Perhaps it may be said, from past experience, that drunkenness, which is a most heinous sin in the sight of God, may be charged on those who indulge only now and then in that which may eventually lead them into drunkenness; for they shut their eyes against the most palpable facts, and rather than give up the paltry gratification of a debauch, involve thousands by their example to positive harm. Benhadad's drunkenness was the forerunner of his fall. Belshazzar also, we read, drank wine with his princes, his wives, and his concubines, and praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone, and in the same hour came forth the finger of a man's hand and wrote his doom on the plaster of the wall. Those who fancy themselves perfectly secure, and above the possibility of falling, are commonly nearest their destruction. There is always an Ahab read to take advantage of and improve the self-imposed imbecility. 1Kgs 20:14-15, 1Kgs 20:19 1Sam 2:3-4, 1Sam 14:11-12, 1Sam 17:44; 2Kgs 14:8-12; Prov 18:12 they slew 2Sam 2:16; Eccl 9:11 the Syrians Lev 26:8; Judg 7:20-22; 1Sam 14:13-15; 2Kgs 7:6-7; Ps 33:16, Ps 46:6 escaped 1Sam 30:16-17; 2Kgs 19:36 went out Judg 3:28, Judg 7:23-25; 1Sam 14:20-22, 1Sam 17:52; 2Kgs 3:18, 2Kgs 3:24 the prophet 1Kgs 20:13, 1Kgs 20:38, 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 22:8; 2Kgs 6:12 strengthen 2Chr 25:8, 2Chr 25:11; Ps 27:14; Prov 18:10, Prov 20:18; Isa 8:9; Joel 3:9-10; Eph 6:10 at the return 1Kgs 20:26; 2Sam 11:1; 1Chr 20:1; Ps 115:2-3; Isa 26:11, Isa 42:8
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