Were all present - The marginal rendering is adopted by almost all critics.
Like two little flocks of kids - The word translated “little flocks” does not occur elsewhere in Scripture. It seems to mean simply “flocks.” Compare the Septuagint, who render ὡσεί δύο ποίμνια αἰγῶν hōsei duo poimnia aigōn.
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...
WERE NUMBERED. enrolled themselves. flocks. newborn kids. Hebrew. _hasaph._ Occurs only here....
_were all present_ The R.V. has adopted the marginal rendering of A.V. WERE VICTUALLED. This is the rendering of the Vulg. _cibaria exceperunt_. The passive form of the verb occurs only here, but the...
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...
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE NUMBERED, AND WERE ALL PRESENT, AND WENT AGAINST THEM: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL PITCHED BEFORE THEM LIKE TWO LITTLE FLOCKS OF KIDS; BUT THE SYRIANS FILLED THE COUNTR...
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...
Were all present] RV 'were victualled'...
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...
WERE ALL PRESENT. — The marginal reading “were victualled,” or, perhaps, more generally, “were supplied,” with all things necessary for war, seems correct. The comparatively small number of the Israel...
וּ בְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הָתְפָּקְדוּ֙ וְ כָלְכְּל֔וּ...
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...
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all (l) present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the cou...
_Victuals. Hebrew also, "they were all present." Chaldean, "ready." Syriac, "in battle array." --- Goats. They were comparatively so contemptible, ver. 15. (Haydock) --- At the same time, Josaphat cou...
(22) В¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against t...
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 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE NUMBERED, AND WERE ALL PRESENT,.... The same as before; the two hundred and thirty two young men of the princes of the provinces, and 7000 of the people, not one was mi...
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country...
_Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek _ A city in the tribe of Asher; which, it is probable, was one of those that Ben-hadad's father had taken from the king of Israel, (1 Kings 20:34,...
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 the children of Israel were numbered, mustered for the campaign, AND WERE ALL PRESENT, fully equipped and prepared, AND WENT AGAINST THEM; AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL PITCHED BEFORE THEM LIKE TWO L...
Benhadad's Second Defeat, Capture, and Release...
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...
WERE ALL PRESENT: Or, were victualled...
22-30 Those about Benhadad advised him to change his ground. They take it for granted that it was not Israel, but Israel's gods, that beat them; but they speak very ignorantly of Jehovah. They suppose...
WERE ALL PRESENT, i.e. all the forces of the Israelites were here gathered together to oppose the Syrians; so if these had been conquered, all had been lost. WENT AGAINST THEM; being persuaded and enc...
1 Kings 20:27 children H1121 Israel H3478 mustered H6485 (H8719) provisions H3557 (H8791) went H3212 (H8799) agai
YHWH THWARTS BENHADAD'S SECOND ATTEMPT ON ISRAEL (1 KINGS 20:22). It was not likely that Benhadad would take this reverse lightly. While his forces had fled in panic with the result that he had forfei...
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...
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...
_And the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids._ THE COMING RELIGION 1. With thirty-three kings intoxicated in one tent this chapter opens. They were allies plotting f...
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
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 20:22. AT THE RETURN OF THE YEAR—לִתְשׁוּבת השָׁנָה. with the beginning of the year—the spring—until which time the winter rains would prevent another campaig...
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 13:5; 1 Samuel 14:2; 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:8;...
And went — Being encouraged by the remembrance of their former success, and an expectation of assistance from God again. And pitched — Probably upon some hilly ground, where they might secure themselv...