Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Kings 20:18
He bids them not fight; for he thought they needed not to strike one stroke, and that the Israelites could not stand the first brunt.
He bids them not fight; for he thought they needed not to strike one stroke, and that the Israelites could not stand the first brunt.
Verse 1 Kings 20:18. _TAKE THEM ALIVE._] He was confident of victory. Do not slay them; bring them to me, they may give us some useful information....
4. KING AHAB: HIS WICKED REIGN AND END CHAPTER 20 Ahab's War with the Syrians and His Victory _ 1. The siege and relief of Samaria (1 Kings 20:1)_ 2. The victory at Aphek (1 Kings 20:22) 3. A prop...
AHAB'S VICTORY OVER BEN-HADAD. Chs. 20 and 22 come from another source. Elijah does not appear, the religious interest is less prominent, and Ahab is presented in a far less hostile light. He acts as...
_take them alive_ Whatever their mission might be Ben-hadad had no doubt that his followers could surround them and capture them without fighting. They could have no difficulty in overpowering so insi...
II. THE GREAT MILITARY CRISIS 20:1-43 The account of Elijah's ministry during the reign of Ahab is interrupted by chapter 20 probably because the author is attempting to give a chronological treatment...
_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 o...
WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA The Syrians besiege Samaria, but a sally being made from the city by the direction of a prophet, they are driven off, and the next year are beaten at Aphek. Ahab, having...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 20 GOD ALLOWS AHAB’S ARMY TO DEFEAT THE ARMY FROM SYRIA V1 Benhadad, king of Syria gathered his whole army. Then 32 other kings with the...
וַ יֹּ֛אמֶר אִם ־לְ שָׁלֹ֥ום יָצָ֖אוּ תִּפְשׂ
AHAB AND BENHADAD 1 Kings 20:1 IN the Septuagint and in Josephus the events narrated in the twentieth chapter of the Book of Kings are placed after the meeting of Elijah with Ahab at the door of Nabo...
A PROSPEROUS NATION 1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 22:1 What a picture is here given of national contentment and
THE GOD BOTH OF HILLS AND VALLEYS 1 Kings 20:16 What is God to us? Is He only the God of the hills? We expect religion to serve us when we come to the great summits of experience. There are times of...
Here begins the actual movement in the downfall of Ahab. Ben-hadad, drunken, profligate, despotic, came in the pride of arms against Samaria. By the voices of prophets Jehovah spoke to Ahab, who, acti...
_Alive. This he said out of contempt, and too great confidence; (Menochius) and this gave occasion to his defeat. For, while his men were endeavouring to execute his orders punctually, the Israelites...
(16) And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. (17) And the young men of the princes of the provi...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
According to the outward history of Israel, that which follows the revelations made to Elijah in Horeb looks like a time of restoration and blessing; and outwardly it was so. Benhadad is overcome and...
AND HE SAID, WHETHER THEY BE COME OUT FOR PEACE,.... To propose terms of peace: TAKE THEM ALIVE; make them prisoners, which was contrary to the laws of nations: OR WHETHER THEY BE COME OUT FOR WAR,...
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. Ver. 18. _Take them alive._] He bore himself so bold upon his great strength, t...
1 Kings 20:16 ; 1 KINGS 20:18. _And they went out at noon_ When they knew the Syrians were at dinner, if not also drinking to excess, as their king was. _And he said, Whether they be come for peace, t...
1 Benhadad not content with Ahabs hommage, besiegeth Samaria. 13 By the direction of a Prophet, the Syrians are slaine. 22 As the Prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians trusting in the valleys, come a...
And he said, in maudlin presumption, WHETHER THEY BE COME OUT FOR PEACE, that is, to confer about a treaty or to capitulate, TAKE THEM ALIVE; OR WHETHER THEY BE COME OUT FOR WAR, TAKE THEM ALIVE, in e...
Benhadad's first Defeat...
AHAB DEFEATS SYRIA (vs.1-22) God's care for His people Israel is still remarkably displayed in this chapter in spite of the unholy character of Ahab. Ben Hadad, king of Syria, marshaled a tremendous...
12-21 The proud Syrians were beaten, and the despised Israelites were conquerors. The orders of the proud, drunken king disordered his troops, and prevented them from attacking the Israelites. Those t...
1 Kings 20:18 said H559 (H8799) out H3318 (H8804) peace H7965 take H8610 (H8798) alive H2416
WAR WITH BENHADAD KING OF ARAM (1 KINGS 20:1). There is no indication at what point in Ahab's reign these events occurred, but a situation is indicated where the power of the Aramaeans had now grown s...
THE INITIAL WAR WITH BENHADAD (1 KINGS 20:1). This war would appear to have been occasioned by a refusal by Ahab to pay the tribute due under a vassalage treaty. Because of this Benhadad came with his...
CONTENTS: Ahab's Syrian campaigns and victories. His sin in sparing Ben-hadad. CHARACTERS: God, Ahab, Ben-hadad, two prophets. CONCLUSION: Enemies are more than a match for us, but no match for Jeho...
1 Kings 20:3. _Thy gold thy wives are mine._ The African princes still send similar messages to one another. Mungo Park mentions one who sent an order to a neighbouring prince to have the houses all m...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:1 After Elijah’s recruitment of Elisha, one expects to read of his anointing of Hazael as king over Syria and of Jehu as king over Israel (compare 1 Kings 19:15). Instead
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:14 Israel is to fight according to a divine battle plan that does not make much human sense (as in the case of Gideon in Judges 7:1). The servants
THE DEFEAT OF THE SYRIANS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 20:1. BENHADAD—Son of the king of the same name mentioned (chap. 1 Kings 15:20). THIRTY AND TWO KINGS WITH HIM—Vassals or viceroys w...
EXPOSITION THE INVASIONS OF ISRAEL BY THE SYRIANS AND THEIR RESULTS.—The insertion of this chapter, which contains an account of two invasions of Israel by the hosts of Syria, and of the utter defeat...
Now Benhadad who was presently the king of Syria gathered all of his host together: and there were thirty-two kings that went with him, with their horses, and chariots: and they came up and besieged S...
1 Samuel 14:11; 1 Samuel 14:12; 1 Samuel 17:44; 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samu
Take them — He bids them not fight, for he thought they needed not to strike one stroke; and that the Israelites could not stand the first brunt....