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Verse 1 Kings 20:15. _TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO_] These were probably
the king's _life_ or _body guards_; not all the militia, but _two
hundred_ _and thirty_ of them who constituted the royal guard i...
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SEVEN THOUSAND - Considering how populous Palestine was in the time of
the earlier Israelite kings (see 2 Chronicles 13:3; 2 Chronicles 14:8;
2 Chronicles 17:14), the sm
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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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_Then he numbered_[R.V. MUSTERED] _the young men_ The verb occurs
several times in this chapter, and is always rendered -numbered" (see
1 Kings 20:26-27 and the two instances in this verse), as indeed...
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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 treatment...
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_AND AHAB SAID, BY WHOM? AND HE SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, EVEN BY THE
YOUNG MEN OF THE PRINCES OF THE PROVINCES. THEN HE SAID, WHO SHALL
ORDER THE BATTLE? AND HE ANSWERED, THOU._
No JFB commentary o...
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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 the...
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THE YOUNG MEN — _i.e.,_ the attendants or armour-bearers of the
territorial chiefs, no doubt picked men and well armed. The whole
garrison is stated as seven thousand — enough, perhaps, to man the
wal...
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וַ יִּפְקֹ֗ד אֶֽת ־נַעֲרֵי֙ שָׂרֵ֣י
הַ מְּדִי
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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 Nabo...
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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. Whe...
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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
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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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(13) And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?
behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shal...
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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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THEN HE NUMBERED THE YOUNG MEN OF THE PRINCES OF THE PROVINCES, AND
THEY WERE TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO,.... A very small number to go
forth against so great an army as the host of the Syrians, and t...
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Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and
they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all
the people, [even] all the children of Israel, [being] seven th...
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_He numbered all the men of Israel_ All in Samaria and the
neighbourhood that were fit to go out to war; all except those whom
their age, or infirmity, or other sufficient causes excused; but
certainl...
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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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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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12-21 The proud Syrians were beaten, and the despised Israelites were
conquerors. The orders of the proud, drunken king disordered his
troops, and prevented them from attacking the Israelites. Those t...
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ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; either,
1. All the men; for they only went out to battle; and the rest of the
men might be consumed with the sword or famine, or other judgments. Or
rather,
2. All the men...
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1 Kings 20:15 mustered H6485 (H8799) young H5288 leaders H8269
provinces H4082 two H8147 hundred H3967 thirty-two H79
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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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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 his...
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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
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:14 Israel is to fight according to a
divine battle plan that does not make much human sense (as in the case
of Gideon in Judges 7:1). The servants
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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 w...
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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 19:18; 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 14:6; 2 Chronicles 14:11;...
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All Israel — All that were fit to go out to war; all, except those
whom their age, or the same infirmity excused....