And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in (p) Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
(p) You shall appoint in my chief city what you will, and I will obey you.
Verse 34. _THOU SHALT MAKE STREETS FOR THEE IN DAMASCUS_] It appears that it was customary for foreigners to have a place assigned to them, particularly in maritime towns, where they might deposit an...
Ben-hadad, secure of his life, suggests terms of peace as the price of his freedom. He will restore to Ahab the Israelite cities taken from Omri by his father, among which Ramoth Gilead was probably t...
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...
STREETS. broad ways, or bazaars. AS. according as. SAID. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) to be supplied by repetition from previous clause....
This verse is very singular from the omission of the names of both the speakers. It is clear enough from the sense, to whom each clause must be assigned, but the omissions are so unusual that one can...
THOU SHALT MAKE STREETS FOR THEE IN DAMASCUS, &C.— Ben-hadad, received to mercy, and treated with respect, promised upon this occasion to restore to the kingdom of Israel the cities that his father ha...
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 BEN-HA'DAD SAID UNTO HIM, THE CITIES, WHICH MY FATHER TOOK FROM THY FATHER, I WILL RESTORE; AND THOU SHALT MAKE STREETS FOR THEE IN DAMASCUS, AS MY FATHER MADE IN SAMARIA. THEN SAID AHAB, I WILL...
THE CITIES.. I WILL RESTORE] This promise was apparently not faithfully fulfilled: see 2 Kings 22:3. MAKE STREETS.. DAMASCUS] i.e. have certain parts of Damascus assigned for the use of Israelite trad...
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...
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...
MAKE STREETS — properly, _squares,_ or _quarters of a city._ This concession implies a virtual acknowledgment of supremacy; for the right to have certain quarters for residence, for trade, perhaps eve...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֡יו הֶ עָרִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר ־לָֽקַח
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...
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...
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
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...
Thy father. Benadad did not know the changes which had taken place in the royal family of Israel. He speaks of the cities which his predecessor had wrested from Baasa, chap. xv. 20. --- Streets, for m...
(31) В¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, a...
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 [BENHADAD] SAID UNTO HIM,.... The word Benhadad is not in the original text, and some, as Osiander and others, have thought they are the words of Ahab last spoken of; which seems most likely, who...
And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will...
_The cities which my father took from thy father_ Either from Baasha, (1 Kings 15:20,) whom he calls Ahab's father, because he was his predecessor in the government; or rather, from Omri, in whose tim...
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 Benhadad said unto him, taking advantage of Ahab's gracious mood, THE CITIES WHICH MY FATHER TOOK FROM THY FATHER, in a war of which we have no record, I WILL RESTORE; AND THOU SHALT MAKE STREETS...
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...
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...
THE CITIES WHICH MY FATHER TOOK FROM THY FATHER; either, 1. From Baasha, 1 KINGS 15:20, whom he calls Ahab's father, because he was his legal father, i.e. his predecessor. Or, 2. From Omri; in whose...
1 Kings 20:34 said H559 (H8799) cities H5892 father H1 took H3947 (H8804) father H1 restore H7725 ...
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...
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
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:34 CITIES... BAZAARS. The Israelite cities previously taken by the Syrians are returned. Ahab is given trading privileges in Damascus....
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...
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 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 20:42; 1 Kings 22:31; 2 Chronicles 16:4;...
Streets — Or, Markets, &c. places where thou mayest either receive the tribute which I promise to pay thee, or exercise judicature upon my subjects in case of their refusal. So he made, &c. — He takes...