1 Kings 20:1
BEN-HADAD. Perhaps the son of the Ben-hadad of 1 Kings 15:18. HOST. force. THIRTY AND TWO. Probably vassal princes. Compare 1 Kings 20:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEN-HADAD. Perhaps the son of the Ben-hadad of 1 Kings 15:18. HOST. force. THIRTY AND TWO. Probably vassal princes. Compare 1 Kings 20:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID.. special various reading (_Sevir,_ App-34) reads "they said".... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEARCH: as from the top: i.e. ransack.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET NOT HIM. Figure of speech _Paroemia_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MESSAGE. word. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the message contained. PAVILIONS. tents.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. HAST. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUNG MEN. the servants, or esquires.... [ Continue Reading ]
RETURN OF THE YEAR: the spring. Compare 2 Samuel 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAPTAINS. governors, or pashas.... [ Continue Reading ]
APHEK. Probably east of the Sea of Galilee.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE NUMBERED. enrolled themselves. flocks. newborn kids. Hebrew. _hasaph._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN OF GOD. a prophet. See App-49. YE SHALL KNOW. Septuagint reads "so shalt thou know". Compare 1 Kings 20:13 above.... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. BROTHER: i.e.. brother-king.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID DILIGENTLY OBSERVE. Hebrew divined and hasted. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). quickly divined. ANY THING WOULD COME. These italics are wrongly supplied, not knowing the two readings of E. and W. recensions, caused by. different division of words. The E. recension reads "and they pressed... [ Continue Reading ]
STREETS. broad ways, or bazaars. AS. according as. SAID. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6) to be supplied by repetition from previous clause.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. Josephus identifies him with Micaiah (1 Kings 22:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
ASHES, &C.. bandage. inheritance). JEZREEL. In the plain of Esdraelon.... [ Continue Reading ]