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 Naboth's vineyard, which occupies the
twenty-first chapter in our version. This order of events seems t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 overthrow. They had
attacked the Israelites on their hills, and the gods of Israel were
hill-gods. Next ti... [ Continue Reading ]