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1 Kings 20:36

1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 20:36 a lion shall strike you down. Even prophets must obey God’s word. See ch. 1 Kings 13:1, where the same point is made and the same punishment is pronounced. If disobedient prophets cannot escape God’s judgment, then disobedient kings certainly will not.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 36. _A LION FOUND HIM, AND SLEW HIM._] This seems a hard measure, but there was ample reason for it. This person was also one of the sons of the prophets, and he knew that God frequently deliver...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A LION SHALL SLAY THEE. — It is obvious to compare the example of 1 Kings 13:24....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֗ו יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא ־שָׁמַ֨ע

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, a lion shall slay thee_ If the punishment seem too severe for so small a fault, let it be considered, 1st, That disobedience to God's express comma...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Benhadad's Second Defeat, Capture, and Release...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    If the punishment seem too severe for so small a fault, let it be considered. 1. That disobedience to God's express command, especially when it is delivered by a prophet, is a great sin, and no less...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 20:36 said H559 (H8799) obeyed H8085 (H8804) voice H6963 LORD H3068 depart H1980 (H8802) lion...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Slew him — We cannot judge of the case; this man might be guilty of many other heinous sins unknown to us but known to God; for which, God might justly cut him off: which God chose to do upon this occ...

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