1 Kings 20:12

as hewas drinking Ben-hadad was clearly full of confidence, and was giving a banquet to the allied princes in anticipation of the victory.

he and the kings i.e. The thirty and two, mentioned in 1 Kings 20:1.

in the pavilions The word is the same which is used for the temporary booths erected of branches of trees at the feast of Tabernacles. Doubtless the tents of Ben-hadad and his princes were of the like kind, for the erection of which material was not difficult to find.

Setyourselves in array] As there is only the verb expressed here, it is possible to substitute as is done in the margin -the engines" instead of the text. The word is used elsewhere with a noun -battering-rams" after it (Ezekiel 4:2), but there is nothing in this passage to shew us whether the persons or the engines are referred to. Such elliptical phrases are common among words of command.

The LXX. has rendered -Build a stockade, and they set a stockade against the city."