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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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CHILDREN. sons....
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even _the goodliest_ These words are omitted in the LXX. The claim
laid to the wives and children would in Oriental eyes amount to a
deposition of the monarch, or a deprivation of his royal power. It...
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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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_THY SILVER AND THY GOLD IS MINE; THY WIVES ALSO AND THY CHILDREN,
EVEN THE GOODLIEST, ARE MINE._
Thy silver and thy gold is mine. The claim to the treasure is easily
understood. Not so that made for...
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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...
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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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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֗ו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר
בֶּן־הֲדַ֔ד כַּסְפְּךָ֥ וּֽ
זְהָבְךָ֖ לִֽי ־ה֑וּא וְ נָשֶׁ֧יךָ וּ...
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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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_Mine. He had a desire to dispose of them, as he though proper. Achab
was willing to pay tribute, to remove the impending danger. (Calmet)_...
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(1) В¶ 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...
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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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THY SILVER AND THY GOLD IS MINE,.... Not of right, but reckoning it as
good as in his hands, Ahab not being able to resist him:
AND THY WIVES ALSO; for it seems he had more than Jezebel:
AND THY CHI...
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Thy silver and thy gold [is] mine; thy wives also and thy children,
[even] the goodliest, [are] mine.
Ver. 3. _Thy silver and thy gold is mine._] _Non iure, sed imperio; _
not by any right that Benba...
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_Thy silver and thy gold is mine_ I challenge them as my own, and
expect to have them forthwith delivered, if thou expect peace with me.
_The king said, My lord, O king, I am thine_ I do so far comply...
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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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Benhadad's first Defeat...
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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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I challenge them as my own, and accordingly expect to have them
forthwith delivered into my possession, if thou expectest peace with
me....
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1 Kings 20:3 silver H3701 gold H2091 loveliest H2896 wives H802
children H1121
Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:13-14...
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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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Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:13; Isaiah 10:14...
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Thy silver, &c. — I challenge them as my own, and expect to have
them forthwith delivered, if thou expect peace with me....