_AND BEN-HA'DAD THE KING OF SYRIA GATHERED ALL HIS HOST TOGETHER: AND THERE WERE THIRTY AND TWO KINGS WITH HIM, AND HORSES, AND CHARIOTS: AND HE WENT UP AND BESIEGED SAMARIA, AND WARRED AGAINST IT._ Ben-hadad the king of Syria. This monarch was the son of that Ben-hadad who, in the reign of Baths m... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SENT MESSENGERS TO AHAB KING OF ISRAEL INTO THE CITY, AND SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH BEN-HA'DAD,_ Thus saith Ben-hadad,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THY SILVER AND THY GOLD IS MINE; THY WIVES ALSO AND THY CHILDREN, EVEN THE GOODLIEST, ARE MINE._ Thy silver and thy gold is mine. The claim to the treasure is easily understood. Not so that made for the wives and children, and therefore it must be noticed, that he who obtained possession of the fa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL ANSWERED AND SAID, MY LORD, O KING, ACCORDING TO THY SAYING, I AM THINE, AND ALL THAT I HAVE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF ISRAEL ANSWERED AND SAID, TELL HIM, LET NOT HIM THAT GIRDETH ON HIS HARNESS BOAST HIMSELF AS HE THAT PUTTETH IT OFF._ Let not him that girdeth on his harness ... This is an old and now obsolete term for armour, derived from the French harnois, (see the notes at Exodus 13:18). Kindl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN BEN-HA'DAD HEARD THIS MESSAGE, AS HE WAS DRINKING, HE AND THE KINGS IN THE PAVILIONS, THAT HE SAID UNTO HIS SERVANTS, SET YOURSELVES IN ARRAY. AND THEY SET THEMSELVES IN ARRAY AGAINST THE CITY._ AS HE WAS DRINKING HE AND THE KINGS IN THE PAVILIONS - booths made of branches... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME A PROPHET UNTO AHAB KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD, HAST THOU SEEN ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE? BEHOLD, I WILL DELIVER IT INTO THINE HAND THIS DAY; AND THOU SHALT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ Behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab. Though the king and people of Israe... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AHAB SAID, BY WHOM? AND HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, EVEN BY THE YOUNG MEN OF THE PRINCES OF THE PROVINCES. THEN HE SAID, WHO SHALL ORDER THE BATTLE? AND HE ANSWERED, THOU._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PROPHET CAME TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND SAID UNTO HIM, GO, STRENGTHEN THYSELF, AND MARK, AND SEE WHAT THOU DOEST: FOR AT THE RETURN OF THE YEAR THE KING OF SYRIA WILL COME UP AGAINST THEE._ The prophet came to the king of Israel, and said. The same prophet who had predicted the victory sho... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SERVANTS OF THE KING OF SYRIA SAID UNTO HIM, THEIR GODS ARE GODS OF THE HILLS; THEREFORE THEY WERE STRONGER THAN WE; BUT LET US FIGHT AGAINST THEM IN THE PLAIN, AND SURELY WE SHALL BE STRONGER THAN THEY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE NUMBERED, AND WERE ALL PRESENT, AND WENT AGAINST THEM: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL PITCHED BEFORE THEM LIKE TWO LITTLE FLOCKS OF KIDS; BUT THE SYRIANS FILLED THE COUNTRY._ Like two little flocks of kids Goats are never seen in large flocks or scattered like sheep; an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD, AND SPAKE UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, BECAUSE THE SYRIANS HAVE SAID, THE LORD IS GOD OF THE HILLS, BUT HE IS NOT GOD OF THE VALLEYS, THEREFORE WILL I DELIVER ALL THIS GREAT MULTITUDE INTO THINE HAND, AND YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD._ No... [ Continue Reading ]
_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-HA'DAD SAITH, I PRAY THEE, LET ME LIVE. AND HE SAID, IS HE YET ALIVE? HE IS MY BROTHER._ They girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE MEN DID DILIGENTLY OBSERVE WHETHER ANY THING WOULD COME FROM HIM, AND DID HASTILY CATCH IT: AND THEY SAID, THY BROTHER BEN-HA'DAD. THEN HE SAID, GO YE, BRING HIM. THEN BEN-HA'DAD CAME FORTH TO HIM; AND HE CAUSED HIM TO COME UP INTO THE CHARIOT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BEN-HA'DAD SAID UNTO HIM, THE CITIES, WHICH MY FATHER TOOK FROM THY FATHER, I WILL RESTORE; AND THOU SHALT MAKE STREETS FOR THEE IN DAMASCUS, AS MY FATHER MADE IN SAMARIA. THEN SAID AHAB, I WILL SEND THEE AWAY WITH THIS COVENANT. SO HE MADE A COVENANT WITH HIM, AND SENT HIM AWAY._ Streets ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A CERTAIN MAN OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS SAID UNTO HIS NEIGHBOUR IN THE WORD OF THE LORD, SMITE ME, I PRAY THEE. AND THE MAN REFUSED TO SMITE HIM._ Smite me. This prophet is supposed (1 Kings 20:8) to have been Micaiah. The refusal of his neighbour to smite the prophet was manifestly wrong, a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID HE UNTO HIM, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE LORD, BEHOLD, AS SOON AS THOU ART DEPARTED FROM ME, A LION SHALL SLAY THEE. AND AS SOON AS HE WAS DEPARTED FROM HIM, A LION FOUND HIM, AND SLEW HIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AS THE KING PASSED BY, HE CRIED UNTO THE KING: AND HE SAID, THY SERVANT WENT OUT INTO THE MIDST OF THE BATTLE; AND, BEHOLD, A MAN TURNED ASIDE, AND BROUGHT A MAN UNTO ME, AND SAID, KEEP THIS MAN: IF BY ANY MEANS HE BE MISSING, THEN SHALL THY LIFE BE FOR HIS LIFE, OR ELSE THOU SHALT PAY A TALENT... [ Continue Reading ]