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Verse 1 Kings 20:12. _IN THE PAVILIONS_] This word comes from
_papilio_, a _butterfly_, because tents, when pitched or spread out,
resembled such animals; partly because of the mode of their
_expansio...
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PAVILIONS - “Booths” (Genesis 33:17 margin; Leviticus 23:42; Jonah
4:5). The term seems to be properly applied to a stationary
“booth” or “hut,” as distinguished from a moveable “tent.”
On military ex...
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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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MESSAGE. word. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6,
for the message contained.
PAVILIONS. tents....
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_as he_was _drinking_ Ben-hadad was clearly full of confidence, and
was giving a banquet to the allied princes in anticipation of the
victory.
_he and the kings_ i.e. The thirty and two, mentioned in...
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SET YOURSELVES IN ARRAY, &C.— _Draw near; and they drew near to the
city._ Houbigant....
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN BEN-HA'DAD HEARD THIS MESSAGE, AS HE WAS
DRINKING, HE AND THE KINGS IN THE PAVILIONS, THAT HE SAID UNTO HIS
SERVANTS, SET YOURSELVES IN ARRAY. AND THEY SET THEMSELVES IN ARR...
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20:12 tents, (b-21) Strictly, 'booths;' so ver. 16....
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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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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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_Pavilion, ( umbraculis) or even under "the shade" of the trees, in
full security. (Menochius) --- Beset. Hebrew, "set, and they set
against the city." Chaldean, "hold yourselves in readiness, and the...
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(12) В¶ And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he
was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his
servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves i...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN BENHADAD HEARD THIS MESSAGE (AS HE WAS
DRINKING, HE AND THE KINGS IN THE PAVILIONS),.... Though it was at
noon, or before, 1 Kings 20:16, which shows that he and they were
ad...
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_And it came to pass, when [Benhadad] heard this message, as he [was]
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his
servants, Set [yourselves in array]. And they set [themselves i...
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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 it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message as he was
drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, engaged in a
drinking-bout in the booths made of the branches of trees, which had
been put...
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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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MESSAGE:
_ Heb._ word
PAVILLIONS:
Or, Tents
SET YOURSELVES IN ARAY:
Or, place the engins, and they placed engins...
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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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SET YOURSELVES IN ARRAY; put yourselves and engines in order to make
the assault....
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1 Kings 20:12 heard H8085 (H8800) message H1697 kings H4428 drinking
H8354 (H8802) post H5521 said H559 ...
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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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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
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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 16:9; 1 Kings 20:16; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Daniel 5