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Verse 36. _A LION FOUND HIM, AND SLEW HIM._] This seems a hard
measure, but there was ample reason for it. This person was also one
of the sons of the prophets, and he knew that God frequently deliver...
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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 DEATH FORETOLD FOR SPARING BENHADAD. This section reminds us of
1 Samuel 15, Saul's sparing of Agag. It does not appear to be part of
the foregoing narrative, but may be of great antiquity. The...
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_a lion_ On the frequency of wild beasts in the Holy Land at this
time, see above on 1 Kings 13:24. The incident here recorded is not
without its importance as a comment on disobedience to God's comma...
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A CERTAIN MAN—SAID UNTO HIS NEIGHBOUR IN THE WORD OF THE LORD, SMITE
ME, &C.— _Said—by the command of the Lord,_ &c. Houbigant. The
prophets, as we have before observed, both in their parabolical
spee...
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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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_THEN SAID HE UNTO HIM, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE
LORD, BEHOLD, AS SOON AS THOU ART DEPARTED FROM ME, A LION SHALL SLAY
THEE. AND AS SOON AS HE WAS DEPARTED FROM HIM, A LION FOUND...
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20:36 slew (a-39) Heb. 'smote.' slay (e-25) Heb. 'smite.'...
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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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A LION SHALL SLAY THEE. — It is obvious to compare the example of 1
Kings 13:24....
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֗ו יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא
־שָׁמַ֨ע
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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
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LOSING THE MAN GOD PUT INTO HIS HAND
1 Kings 20:31
Ahab's easy good-nature was criminal, and indicated the evil that was
enervating and cankering his heart. Whatever may have been his private
feeling...
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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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Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the
LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall (r)
slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion fou...
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(35) And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
refused to smite him. (36) Then said he unto him, Because thou ha...
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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 SAID HE UNTO HIM, BECAUSE THOU HAST NOT OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE
LORD,.... In not smiting him; which, if he was a prophet, he must know
how great an evil it was to disregard or disobey what was sa...
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Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the
LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay
thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found h...
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_Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, a lion shall slay
thee_ If the punishment seem too severe for so small a fault, let it
be considered, 1st, That disobedience to God's express comma...
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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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Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the
Lord, for so the matter had undoubtedly been explained to him, BEHOLD,
AS SOON AS THOU ART DEPARTED FROM ME, A LION SHALL SLAY THEE...
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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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If the punishment seem too severe for so small a fault, let it be
considered.
1. That disobedience to God's express command, especially when it is
delivered by a prophet, is a great sin, and no less...
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AHAB IS SEEN BY THE PROPHETS AS HAVING DISOBEYED YHWH BY NOT PUTTING
BEN-HADAD TO DEATH, AND IS WARNED OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE (1
KINGS 20:35).
We have not actually been told that Ben-hadad w...
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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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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:36 A LION SHALL STRIKE YOU DOWN. Even
prophets must obey God’s word. See ch. 1 Kings 13:1, where the same
point is made and the same punishment
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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 13:21; 1 Kings 13:26; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 15:23...
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Slew him — We cannot judge of the case; this man might be guilty of
many other heinous sins unknown to us but known to God; for which, God
might justly cut him off: which God chose to do upon this occ...