"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, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life."
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Verse 31. _PUT SACKCLOTH ON OUR LOINS, AND ROPES UPON OUR HEADS_] Let
us show ourselves humbled in the deepest manner, and let us put ropes
about our necks, and go submitting to his mercy, and depreca...
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AND ROPES UPON OUR HEADS - “Ropes about our necks” is probably
meant. They, as it were, put their lives at Ahab’s disposal, who, if
he pleased, might hang them at once....
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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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_let us, I_[R.V. WE] _pray thee_ The change is made because the
sentence is in other parts in the plural. The Hebrew נא is a mere
particle employed to give emphasis to forms of entreaty, and has
nothi...
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LET US—PUT SACKCLOTH ON OUR LOINS, AND ROPES, &C.— The approaching
persons, _with a sword hanging to the neck,_ is, in the East, thought
to be a very humble and submissive manner of coming before them...
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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...
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_AND THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD, AND SPAKE UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND
SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, BECAUSE THE SYRIANS HAVE SAID, THE LORD IS
GOD OF THE HILLS, BUT HE IS NOT GOD OF THE VALLEYS, THEREFORE...
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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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ROPES UPON OUR HEADS — like “the ropes round the necks” of the
burghers of Calais, in the days of Edward III. The envoys offer
themselves as naked, helpless criminals, to sue for mercy....
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וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָיו֮ עֲבָדָיו֒
הִנֵּֽה ־נָ֣א שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ כִּ֗י
מַלְכֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי
־מַלְכֵ֥י חֶ֖סֶד
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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...
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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 prosperity!
We can almost hear the gladsome voice of the myriad-peo...
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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 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 (n) loins, and ropes upon our heads, and...
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_Heads, or necks, to indicate that hey deserved to die. (Haydock) ---
The Syrians acted thus, when they came as supplicants. (Josephus,
[Antiquities?] viii. 14.) --- The son of Psammetichus, king of E...
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(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...
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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 HIS SERVANTS SAID UNTO HIM,.... Being reduced to the utmost
extremity; for if he attempted to go out of the city, he would fall
into the hands of the Israelites, and there was no safety in it, the...
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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, and go...
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_We have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful kings_ More
merciful than others, because that religion, which they professed,
taught them humanity, and obliged them to show mercy. _Let us put
sa...
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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 Second Defeat, Capture, and Release...
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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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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...
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MERCIFUL KINGS; more merciful than others, because that religion which
they had professed taught them humanity, and obliged them to show
mercy. SACKCLOTH ON OUR LOINS, AND ROPES UPON OUR HEADS; as a
t...
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1 Kings 20:31 servants H5650 said H559 (H8799) heard H8085 (H8804)
kings H4428 house H1004 Israel H3478 merciful H2617 kings H4428 put
H7760 (H8799) sackcloth H8242 waists H4975 ropes H2256 heads H721...
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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...
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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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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...
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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 20:23; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings
5:13; 2 Kings 7:4; 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 3:31; Ephesians 1:7;
Ephesians
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He will save thy life — This encouragement have all poor sinners, to
repent and humble themselves before God. The God of Israel is a
merciful God; let us rend our hearts and return to him....