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, young men unschooled in military matters, are to initiate the battle. The plan benefits from Ben-hadad’s being drunk as the Israelites approach (1 Kings 20:16). He is seemingly incapable of giving instructions (v. 1 Kings 20:18).

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