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Verse 1 Kings 20:42. _THY LIFE SHALL GO FOR HIS LIFE_] This was
fulfilled at the battle of Ramoth-gilead, where he was slain by the
Syrians; see 1 Kings 22:34-11....
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A MAN WHOM I APPOINTED TO UTTER DESTRUCTION - or to חרם _chērem_,
i. e., a man on whom My curse had been laid (Leviticus 27:28 note)....
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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...
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AHAB'S DEATH FORETOLD FOR SPARING BENHADAD. This section reminds us of
1 Samuel 15, Saul's sparing of Agag. It does not appear to be part of
the foregoing narrative, but may be of great antiquity. The...
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DISCOURSE: 351
AHAB’S SIN IN SPARING BENHADAD
1 Kings 20:42._ And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because
thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter
destruction, therefor...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD, BECAUSE THOU HAST LET GO, &C.— The offence
which God threatens to punish thus severely in Ahab, consisted in his
suffering such a blasphemer as Ben-hadad to go unpunished, which w...
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B. THE BATTLE OF APHEK 20:23-43
It was not long before the intelligence reports reaching Ahab's
military advisers confirmed the warnings of the man of God. Benhadad
was massing new troops, reorganizin...
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BECAUSE THOU HAST LET GO] It is possible that Ahab's clemency towards
Benhadad was due to the threatening attitude of the Assyrians, against
whom it may have seemed expedient for Israel and Syria to u...
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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...
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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...
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A MAN WHOM I APPOINTED — properly, _a man under my curse._ The rash
action of Ahab, like the deliberate disobedience of Saul (1 Samuel
15), may have been due partly to compassion, partly to weakness....
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר
יְהוָ֔ה יַ֛ע
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AHAB'S INFATUATION
1 Kings 20:31
" _ Quem vult Deus perire dementat prius_."
THE courtiers of Benhadad found it easy to flatter his pride by
furnishing reasons to account for such an alarming overth...
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LOSING THE MAN GOD PUT INTO HIS HAND
1 Kings 20:31
Ahab's easy good-nature was criminal, and indicated the evil that was
enervating and cankering his heart. Whatever may have been his private
feeling...
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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
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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...
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_Worthy. Hebrew, "of my anathema;" or, "the man who has fallen into my
snares." (Vatable) Cherem is taken in this sense, Micheas vii. 2., &c.
He was my prey, and you ought not to have disposed of him...
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(35) 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. (36) Then said he unto him, Because thou ha...
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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...
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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...
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AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THUS SAITH THE LORD,.... He spake not his own
sense, and in his own words, but in the name of the Lord, for which he
had authority, that it might have the greater weight with Aha...
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And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go
out of [thy] hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction,
therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his
peop...
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_Thus saith the Lord, Because_, &c. “What was the great sin of Ahab
in this action, for which God so severely punished him?” The great
dishonour hereby done to God, in suffering so horrid a blasphemer...
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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...
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And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go
out of thy hand a man. whom I appointed to utter destruction,
therefore thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his
people...
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Benhadad's Second Defeat, Capture, and Release...
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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...
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31-43 This encouragement sinners have to repent and humble themselves
before God; Have we not heard, that the God of Israel is a merciful
God? Have we not found him so? That is gospel repentance, whi...
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QUEST. What was the great sin of Ahab in this action for which God so
severely punisheth him? ANSW. The great dishonour hereby done to God
in suffering so horrid a blasphemer, 1 KINGS 20:23, to go unp...
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1 Kings 20:42 said H559 (H8799) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 slip
H7971 (H8765) hand H3027 man...
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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...
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AHAB IS SEEN BY THE PROPHETS AS HAVING DISOBEYED YHWH BY NOT PUTTING
BEN-HADAD TO DEATH, AND IS WARNED OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE (1
KINGS 20:35).
We have not actually been told that Ben-hadad w...
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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...
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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...
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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
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:39 YOUR SERVANT WENT OUT INTO THE MIDST
OF THE BATTLE. In circumstances similar to 2 Samuel 12:1, the prophet
tricks the king into pr
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 20:33. MEN DID DILIGENTLY OBSERVE—Took his words as a good
omen. DID HASTILY CATCH IT—Hastened to seize or quote the words,
“my brother.” Ahab found his vanit...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 20:34; 1 Kings 22:31; 1 Samuel 15:9; 2 Chronicles 18:33;...
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Thy life — What was the great sin of Ahab in this action, for which
God so severely punisheth him? The great dishonour hereby done to God,
in suffering so horrid a blasphemer, to go unpunished, which...