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CHAPTER XX
_Ben-hadad, king of Syria, and thirty-two kings, besiege_
_Samaria_, 1.
_He sends an insulting message to Ahab; and insists on pillaging_
_the whole city_, 2-7.
_The elders of Israel c...
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BEN-HADAD, THE KING OF SYRIA - Probably the son of the Ben-hadad who
assisted Asa against Baasha (1 Kings 15:18 note).
THIRTY AND TWO KINGS WITH HIM - Not allies, but feudatories 1 Kings
20:24. Damas...
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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...
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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...
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BEN-HADAD. Perhaps the son of the Ben-hadad of 1 Kings 15:18.
HOST. force.
THIRTY AND TWO. Probably vassal princes. Compare 1 Kings 20:24....
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1 Kings 20:1-12. Ben-hadad king of Syria besieges Samaria. His
messages to Ahab (Not in Chronicles)
1. In the LXX. Chapter s 20. and 21. are transposed, apparently with a
view of bringing the history...
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II. THE GREAT MILITARY CRISIS 20:1-43
The account of Elijah's ministry during the reign of Ahab is
interrupted by chapter 20 probably because the author is attempting to
give a chronological treatmen...
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_AND BEN-HA'DAD THE KING OF SYRIA GATHERED ALL HIS HOST TOGETHER: AND
THERE WERE THIRTY AND TWO KINGS WITH HIM, AND HORSES, AND CHARIOTS:
AND HE WENT UP AND BESIEGED SAMARIA, AND WARRED AGAINST IT._...
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BEN-HADAD] probably the son of the Benhadad mentioned, in 1 Kings
15:18. In the Assyrian inscription he is termed Dad-idri, i.e.
Hadadezer. The history here reverts to the Syrian attacks upon Israel
m...
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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 thei...
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BEN-HADAD. — This is the inherited title of the Syrian kings. (See
Amos 1:4; Jeremiah 49:27.) From the allusion in 1 Kings 20:34 it
appears that this Ben-hadad was the son of a king who had been
victo...
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וּ בֶן־הֲדַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ ־אֲרָ֗ם קָבַץ֙
אֶת ־כָּל ־חֵילֹ֔ו וּ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּ
שְׁנַ֥יִם מֶ֛לֶךְ אִתֹּ֖ו...
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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 Nab...
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BOASTING BEFORE THE BATTLE
1 Kings 20:1
Ben-hadad's insolent demand indicated how low Israel had sunk. The
worship of Jezebel's gods had wrought moral degeneracy. Let us never
forget this lesson. Wh...
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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...
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And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
[there were] thirty and two (a) kings with him, and horses, and
chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it....
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_And. The Roman Septuagint and Josephus place this war after the
account of Naboth, chap. xxi. But the Alexandrian copy follows the
order of the Hebrew. (Haydock) --- The style Benadad, "the son of
Ad...
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CONTENTS
This chapter relates more to the history of Israel as a nation, than
to the government of the church. It informs us of a battle between
Syria and Israel, in which the Syrians are worsted. Ah...
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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...
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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...
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AND BENHADAD THE KING OF SYRIA GATHERED ALL HIS HOST TOGETHER,....
This was Benhadad the second, the son of that Benhadad, to whom Asa
sent to help him against Baasha, 1 Kings 15:18
AND THERE WERE TH...
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And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
[there were] thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots:
and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
Ve...
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_Gathered all his host_ To war against Israel: wherein his design was
to enlarge the conquest which his father had made; but God's design
was to punish Israel for their apostacy and idolatry. _There w...
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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...
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And Benhadad, the king of Syria, under whom the kingdom had grown very
strong, GATHERED ALL HIS HOST TOGETHER, his entire army; AND THERE
WERE THIRTY AND TWO KINGS WITH HIM, vassal kings, tributary ch...
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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...
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1-11 Benhadad sent Ahab a very insolent demand. Ahab sent a very
disgraceful submission; sin brings men into such straits, by putting
them out of the Divine protection. If God do not rule us, our enem...
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1 KINGS CHAPTER 20 Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage,
besiegeth Samaria, 1 KINGS 20:1. By the direction of a prophet the
Syrians are twice beaten, and Ben-hadad hides himself, 1 KINGS 20:13.
T...
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1 Kings 20:1 Ben-Hadad H1130 king H4428 Syria H758 gathered H6908
forces H2428 together H6908 (H8804) thirty-two H7970 H8147 kings H4428
horses H5483 chariots H7393 up H5927 (H8799) besieged H6696 (H8...
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THE INITIAL WAR WITH BENHADAD (1 KINGS 20:1).
This war would appear to have been occasioned by a refusal by Ahab to
pay the tribute due under a vassalage treaty. Because of this Benhadad
came with hi...
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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...
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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...
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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, o...
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THE DEFEAT OF THE SYRIANS
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 20:1. BENHADAD—Son of the king of the same name mentioned
(chap. 1 Kings 15:20). THIRTY AND TWO KINGS WITH HIM—Vassals or
viceroys...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 15:20; 1 Kings 20:16; 1 Kings 20:24; 1 Samuel
13:5; 2 Chronicles 16:2; 2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 6:24;...
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Gathered his host — To war against Israel: wherein his design was to
enlarge the conquest which his father had made, but God's design was
to punish Israel for their apostacy and idolatry....