20:1 Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria;
20:13 By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain;
20:22 As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him in Aphek;
20:28 By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again;
20:31 The Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sends Ben-hadad away with a covenant;
20:35 The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him. Verse 1am 3103, bc 901Benhadad1 Kings 15:18, 15:20; 2 Kings 8:7-10; 2 Chronicles 16:2-4; Jeremiah 49:27; Amos 1:4 Thirty and two1 Kings 20:16, 20:24; Genesis 14:1-5; Judges 1:7; Ezra 7:12; Isaiah 10:8; Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37 and horsesExodus 14:7; Deuteronomy 20:1; Judges 4:3; 1 Samuel 13:5; Isaiah 37:24 besiegedLeviticus 26:25; Deuteronomy 28:52; 2 Kings 6:24-29, 17:5, 17:6Reciprocal2 Samuel 10:19 - servants; 1 Kings 16:24 - the name of the city; 2 Kings 6:8 - the king; 1 Chronicles 19:9 - the kings; 19:19 - the servants Verse 22 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 36:2-22, 37:9, 37:10

Verse 3Exodus 15:9; Isaiah 10:13, 10:14Reciprocal1 Kings 20:32 - Thy servant Verse 4I am thineLeviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 28:48; Judges 15:11-13; 1 Samuel 13:6, 13:7; 2 Kings 18:14-16Reciprocal1 Kings 2:38 - The saying; 20:7 - denied him not; 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants; 16:7 - I am thy servant; 1 Corinthians 6:19 - and ye Verse 6and they shall search1 Samuel 13:19-21; 2 Samuel 24:14; 2 Kings 18:31, 18:32 pleasantHeb. desirable, Genesis 27:15; Ezra 8:27; Isaiah 44:9; Jeremiah 25:34; Lamentations 1:7, 1:10; Hosea 13:15; Joel 3:5 *marg.ReciprocalExodus 9:18 - to morrow; 1 Kings 12:13 - answered; 2 Chronicles 10:13 - answered Verse 7all the elders1 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 5:7; 1 Chronicles 13:1, 28:1; Proverbs 11:14 Mark2 Kings 5:7 seeketh mischiefJob 15:35; Psalm 7:14, 36:4, 62:3, 140:2; Proverbs 6:14, 11:27, 24:2; Daniel 11:27; Romans 3:13-18 denied him notHeb. kept not back from him, 1 Kings 20:4Reciprocal2 Kings 5:23 - Be content Verse 10The gods1 Kings 19:2; Acts 23:12 if the dust2 Samuel 17:12, 17:13; 2 Kings 19:23, 19:24; Isaiah 10:13, 10:14, 37:24, 37:25 follow meHeb. are at my feet, Exodus 11:8 *marg. Judges 4:10ReciprocalExodus 15:9 - I will pursue; Judges 15:4 - caught three; Ruth 1:17 - the lord; 1 Samuel 17:44 - Come to me; 20:13 - The Lord do; 2 Samuel 17:11 - as the sand; 1 Kings 2:23 - God; 20:30 - fled; 2 Kings 18:23 - I will deliver; Nehemiah 4:3 - Tobiah; Psalm 10:5 - he puffeth; 33:16 - no king; Proverbs 14:16 - the fool; Isaiah 36:8 - and I; Jeremiah 9:23 - neither; 46:17 - Pharaoh; Daniel 3:19 - he spake; 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself Verse 11Let not himetc. This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it." 1 Samuel 14:6, 14:12, 14:13, 17:44-47; Proverbs 27:1; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Isaiah 10:15, 10:16; Matthew 26:33-35, 26:75 harnessThe word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French harnois. See note on Exodus 13:18.ReciprocalJudges 4:10 - at his; 8:6 - General; 8:24 - because; 9:29 - would to God; 2 Samuel 2:31 - three hundred; 1 Kings 20:16 - Benhadad; 2 Kings 3:21 - put on armour; Job 41:8 - General; Psalm 10:5 - he puffeth; Proverbs 14:16 - the fool; Isaiah 8:9 - gird; Jeremiah 9:23 - neither; Daniel 3:19 - he spake; Matthew 26:40 - What; Luke 14:31 - General; Romans 1:30 - boasters; 11:18 - Boast not; 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself Verse 12messageHeb. worddrinking1 Kings 20:16, 16:9; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Proverbs 31:4, 31:5; Daniel 5:2, 5:30; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18 pavilionsor, tents, That persons of regal dignity regaled themselves in this manner, we may learn from Dr. Chandler, who, when he went to visit the Aga of Suki, after his return from hawking, found him vexed and tired; and "a couch was prepared from him beneath a shed made against a cottage, and covered with green boughs to keep off the sun. He entered as we were standing by, and fell down on it to sleep, without taking any notice of us." Jeremiah 43:10 Set yourselves in array, And they setetc. or, Place the engines, And they placed enginesReciprocalJudges 16:25 - their hearts; 1 Chronicles 19:19 - the servants Verse 13cameHeb. approachedHast thou2 Kings 6:8-12, 7:1, 13:23; Isaiah 7:1-9; Ezekiel 20:14, 20:22 and thou shalt1 Kings 20:28, 18:37; Exodus 14:18, 16:12; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 37:20; Ezekiel 6:7; Joel 3:17ReciprocalExodus 23:31 - deliver the; Numbers 21:34 - for I have; 2 Samuel 10:13 - they fled; 1 Kings 18:22 - I only; 19:10 - I only; 20:22 - the prophet; 2 Kings 3:18 - he will; 3:27 - they departed; 6:9 - Beware; 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled; 2 Chronicles 28:9 - he went out; Psalm 10:5 - he puffeth; Ezekiel 22:16 - thou shalt know; Daniel 11:11 - the multitude; Amos 2:11 - I raised Verse 14young menor, servants, Genesis 14:14-16; Judges 7:16-20; 1 Samuel 17:50; 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 orderHeb. bind, or tie, 1 Kings 18:44Reciprocal20:17 - General; 2 Kings 9:21 - Make ready; 1 Corinthians 1:25 - the foolishness Verse 15two hundredJudges 7:7, 7:16; 1 Samuel 14:6; 2 Chronicles 14:11 seven thousand1 Kings 19:18; 1 Samuel 14:2; 2 Kings 13:7; Psalm 106:40-43Reciprocal1 Kings 20:17 - General; 2 Kings 6:10 - sent to the place Verse 16Benhadad1 Kings 20:11, 20:12, 16:7; Proverbs 23:29-32; Ecclesiastes 10:16, 10:17; Hosea 4:11 the thirtyIsaiah 54:15
The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a drunken king, who gave orders over his cups, while he was drinking at noon. Drunkenness is a sin which is most detestable in all, but more so in a king than in a private individual, inasmuch as the greater weight a man's situation carries, whether from accumulated riches, family connections, hereditary authority, or invested command, so is the influence which his vices must have on those around him. Perhaps it may be said, from past experience, that drunkenness, which is a most heinous sin in the sight of God, may be charged on those who indulge only now and then in that which may eventually lead them into drunkenness; for they shut their eyes against the most palpable facts, and rather than give up the paltry gratification of a debauch, involve thousands by their example to positive harm. Benhadad's drunkenness was the forerunner of his fall. Belshazzar also, we read, drank wine with his princes, his wives, and his concubines, and praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone, and in the same hour came forth the finger of a man's hand and wrote his doom on the plaster of the wall. Those who fancy themselves perfectly secure, and above the possibility of falling, are commonly nearest their destruction: there is always an Ahab read to take advantage of and improve the self-imposed imbecility.Reciprocal1 Samuel 25:36 - merry; 2 Samuel 13:28 - heart is merry; 1 Kings 16:9 - drinking; 20:24 - Take the; Proverbs 20:1 - General; 23:34 - thou; 31:4 - General; Ecclesiastes 7:4 - the heart; Jeremiah 43:10 - his royal; Amos 6:7 - and the Verse 171 Kings 20:14, 20:15, 20:19

Verse 181 Samuel 2:3, 2:4, 14:11, 14:12, 17:44; 2 Kings 14:8-12; Proverbs 18:12ReciprocalJudges 9:40 - he fled before; 1 Samuel 17:42 - disdained; 1 Kings 12:18 - flee to Jerusalem; 2 Kings 10:14 - Take them alive; 18:23 - I will deliver; Nehemiah 4:3 - Tobiah; Proverbs 14:16 - the fool; Isaiah 36:8 - and I; Jeremiah 46:17 - Pharaoh Verse 19Reciprocal1 Kings 20:17 - General; 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled Verse 20they slew2 Samuel 2:16; Ecclesiastes 9:11 the SyriansLeviticus 26:8; Judges 7:20-22; 1 Samuel 14:13-15; 2 Kings 7:6, 7:7; Psalm 33:16, 46:6 escaped1 Samuel 30:16, 30:17; 2 Kings 19:36Reciprocal1 Kings 20:30 - fled; Jeremiah 41:15 - escaped Verse 21went outJudges 3:28, 7:23-25; 1 Samuel 14:20-22, 17:52; 2 Kings 3:18, 3:24

Verse 22the prophet1 Kings 20:13, 20:38, 19:10, 22:8; 2 Kings 6:12 strengthen2 Chronicles 25:8, 25:11; Psalm 27:14; Proverbs 18:10, 20:18; Isaiah 8:9; Joel 3:9, 3:10; Ephesians 6:10 at the return1 Kings 20:26; 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Chronicles 20:1; Psalm 115:2, 115:3; Isaiah 26:11, 42:8Reciprocal2 Samuel 5:22 - came up; 1 Kings 20:28 - there came; 1 Chronicles 14:13 - yet again; 2 Chronicles 24:23 - at the end; 28:9 - he went out Verse 23Their godsIt was the general belief in the heathen world, that each district had its tutelary and protecting deity, who could do nothing out of his own province. 1 Kings 20:28, 14:23; 1 Samuel 4:8; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Chronicles 32:13-19; Psalm 50:21, 50:22, 121:1, 121:2; Isaiah 42:8ReciprocalNumbers 23:13 - unto; 1 Kings 20:31 - his servants; 2 Kings 5:13 - his servants; 6:8 - took; Jeremiah 23:23 - General Verse 24Take the1 Kings 20:1, 20:16, 22:31; Proverbs 21:30Reciprocal1 Chronicles 19:9 - the kings Verse 25thou hast lostHeb. was fallenand surelyPsalm 10:3

Verse 26AphekSupposed to be the Aphek near the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos, and probably the same place that Paul Lucas mentions in his Voyage to the Levant. It was swallowed up by an earthquake, and formed a lake about nine miles in circumference, in which he says there were several houses still to be seen entire, under the water. 1 Kings 20:30; Joshua 13:4, 19:30; Judges 1:31, Aphik, 1 Samuel 4:1, 29:1; 2 Kings 13:17 to fight against IsraelHeb. to the war with IsraelReciprocal2 Samuel 11:1 - after the year; 1 Kings 20:22 - at the return; 1 Chronicles 20:1 - after the year was expired; 2 Chronicles 24:23 - at the end Verse 27were all presentor, were victualled, Joshua 1:11; Judges 7:8 like twoDeuteronomy 32:30; Judges 6:5; 1 Samuel 13:5-8, 14:2; 2 Chronicles 32:7, 32:8; Ecclesiastes 9:11Reciprocal2 Kings 3:6 - numbered; 13:7 - fifty horsemen; 1 Chronicles 27:28 - the sycamore trees; 2 Chronicles 14:11 - nothing; Psalm 33:16 - no king; Proverbs 14:28 - General Verse 28there came1 Kings 20:13, 20:22, 13:1, 17:18; 2 Chronicles 20:14-20 Because1 Kings 20:23; Isaiah 37:29-37 therefore will1 Kings 20:13; Deuteronomy 32:27; Joshua 7:8, 7:9; Job 12:16-19; Psalm 58:10, 58:11, 79:10; Isaiah 37:29, 37:35; Jeremiah 14:7; Ezekiel 20:9, 20:14, 36:21-23, 36:32 ye shall know1 Kings 20:13; Exodus 6:7, 7:5, 8:22; Deuteronomy 29:6; Ezekiel 6:14, 11:12, 12:16, 36:22, 39:7ReciprocalExodus 7:17 - thou shalt; Numbers 21:34 - for I have; 23:13 - unto; 2 Samuel 10:13 - they fled; 2 Kings 3:18 - he will; 3:27 - they departed; 6:9 - Beware; 19:19 - O Lord; 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled; Jeremiah 23:23 - General; 35:4 - a man; Ezekiel 7:27 - and they; 22:16 - thou shalt know; 37:6 - ye shall; Daniel 11:11 - the multitude; 1 Timothy 6:11 - O man Verse 29seven daysJoshua 6:15; 1 Samuel 17:16; Psalm 10:16 an hundred thousand2 Samuel 10:18; 2 Chronicles 13:17, 20:23-25, 28:6; Isaiah 37:36Reciprocal1 Samuel 30:17 - and there; Isaiah 24:18 - he who fleeth; Amos 5:19 - As if Verse 30the restPsalm 18:25 a wallIsaiah 24:18; Jeremiah 48:44; Amos 2:14, 2:15, 5:19, 9:3; Luke 13:4 fled1 Kings 20:10, 20:20; Daniel 4:37 into an inner chamberor, from chamber to chamber, Heb. into a chamber within a chamber. 1 Kings 22:25; 2 Chronicles 18:24ReciprocalJoshua 19:30 - Aphek; Judges 9:40 - he fled before; 1 Samuel 4:1 - Aphek; 15:8 - Agag; 29:1 - Aphek; 30:17 - and there; 2 Samuel 18:8 - General; 1 Kings 20:26 - Aphek; 2 Kings 9:2 - inner chamber; 10:24 - If any of the men; Job 1:19 - it fell; 20:24 - flee from; Isaiah 30:13 - as a breach; Ezekiel 21:14 - entereth; Amos 3:12 - so shall; Luke 15:18 - will arise Verse 31his servants1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 5:13 merciful kingsProverbs 20:28; Isaiah 16:5; Ephesians 1:7, 1:8 I pray theeSix of the citizens of Calais are reported to have acted nearly in the same manner, when they surrendered their city to Edward the Third, king of England, in 1346. See the whole story circumstantially related by Sir John Froissart - who lived in that time
with that simplicity and detail that give it every appearance of truth.put sackcloth1 Kings 21:27-29; Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31, 14:2; 2 Kings 19:1, 19:2; Esther 4:1-3; Isaiah 22:12; 37:1; Jonah 3:5, 3:6; Revelation 11:3 peradventure2 Kings 7:4; Esther 4:16; Job 2:4; Matthew 10:28ReciprocalGenesis 32:20 - peradventure; Joshua 9:4 - work wilily; Esther 7:3 - let my life; Job 41:4 - Will he; Amos 5:15 - it may; Luke 14:32 - and desireth; 15:18 - will arise Verse 32Thy servant1 Kings 20:3-6; Job 12:17, 12:18, 40:11, 40:12; Isaiah 2:11, 2:12, 10:12; Daniel 5:20-23; Obadiah 1:3, 1:4 he is my brother1 Kings 20:42; 1 Samuel 15:8-20ReciprocalGenesis 18:28 - wilt; 32:4 - servant; 1 Kings 18:22 - I only; 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants; 16:7 - I am thy servant Verse 33the menProverbs 25:13; Luke 16:8 and he caused2 Kings 10:15; Acts 8:31ReciprocalGenesis 18:28 - wilt; 44:5 - divineth; 1 Kings 15:18 - Benhadad; 22:31 - Fight; 2 Kings 16:7 - I am thy servant; 2 Chronicles 18:30 - Fight ye Verse 34The cities1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4 So he made a covenantOne of the conditions of this covenant, we learn, was, that Ahab should have "streets (chutzoth ) in Damascus;" a proposal better relished by Ahab then understood by the generality of commentators. This, however, is well illustrated by Mr. Harmer, from William of Tyre, the great historian of the Crusades; from whom it appears that it was customary to give those nations which were engaged in them, churches, streets, and great jurisdiction therein, in those places which they assisted to conquer. The Genoese and Venetians had each a street in Acon, or Acre, in which they had their own jurisdiction, with liberty to have an oven, mill, baths, weights, and measures, etc. 1 Kings 20:42, 22:31; 2 Chronicles 18:30; Isaiah 8:12, 26:10Reciprocal1 Samuel 11:1 - Make; 15:8 - Agag; 1 Kings 11:24 - to Damascus; 15:18 - Benhadad; 22:1 - General; 2 Kings 6:8 - the king; 8:7 - Benhadad; Amos 3:12 - in Damascus in a couch Verse 35of the sons1 Kings 20:38; 1 Samuel 10:12; 2 Kings 2:3, 2:5, 2:7, 2:15, 4:1, 4:38; Amos 7:14 in the word1 Kings 13:1, 13:2, 13:17, 13:18 Smite me20:37; Isaiah 8:18, 20:2, 20:3; Jeremiah 27:2, 27:3; Ezekiel 4:3; Matthew 16:24Reciprocal2 Samuel 12:1 - There were; 1 Kings 18:22 - I only; 19:10 - I only; 21:1 - after; 22:8 - concerning me; 2 Kings 5:22 - the sons; 6:1 - the sons; 9:1 - General; Amos 2:11 - I raised; 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - by the Verse 361 Kings 13:21-24, 13:26; 1 Samuel 15:22, 15:23Reciprocal1 Kings 13:24 - a lion; 2 Kings 2:24 - children of them; 17:25 - the Lord sent; Isaiah 38:13 - as a lion; Ezekiel 14:15 - noisome Verse 37Smite me1 Kings 20:35; Exodus 21:12 so thatetc. Heb. smiting and wounding

Verse 38disguised1 Kings 14:2, 22:30; 2 Samuel 14:2; Matthew 6:16Reciprocal1 Kings 18:22 - I only; 20:22 - the prophet; 20:35 - of the sons; 20:41 - the ashes away; 2 Chronicles 18:29 - I will disguise; Mark 12:12 - knew Verse 39Thy servantJudges 9:7-20; 2 Samuel 12:1-7, 14:5-7; Mark 12:1-12 thy life1 Kings 20:42; 2 Kings 10:24 or elseExodus 21:30; Job 36:18; Psalm 49:7; Proverbs 6:35, 13:8; 1 Peter 1:18, 1:19 payHeb. weighReciprocalJoshua 2:14 - for yours; 2 Kings 5:22 - a talent; Jeremiah 32:9 - weighed Verse 40he was goneHeb. he was notSo shall thy judgment be2 Samuel 12:5-7; Job 15:6; Matthew 21:41-43, 25:24-27; Luke 19:22Reciprocal2 Samuel 14:13 - Wherefore; Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but Verse 41the ashes away1 Kings 20:38; 2 Samuel 13:19; Job 2:8; Jeremiah 6:26Reciprocal1 Kings 19:10 - I only; 22:8 - yet one man; Proverbs 28:4 - but; Amos 2:11 - I raised Verse 42Because1 Kings 20:34, 22:31-37; 1 Samuel 15:9-11 thy life shall go1 Kings 22:31-37; 2 Kings 6:24, 8:12; 2 Chronicles 18:33, 18:34ReciprocalLeviticus 20:4 - and kill; Numbers 31:14 - wroth; Joshua 6:21 - utterly; 1 Samuel 28:18 - obeyedst; 1 Kings 14:6 - for I am; 19:10 - I only; 20:32 - he is my brother; 20:39 - thy life; 22:8 - yet one man; 22:23 - and the Lord; 22:35 - died at even; 2 Kings 10:30 - according to all that; 2 Chronicles 18:7 - I hate him; 18:30 - Fight ye; 28:9 - he went out; Proverbs 19:3 - foolishness; 28:4 - but; 29:1 - General; Jeremiah 48:10 - Cursed Verse 43went1 Kings 21:4, 22:8; Esther 5:13, 6:12, 6:13; Job 5:2; Proverbs 19:3Reciprocal2 Kings 3:27 - they departed; 2 Chronicles 18:7 - I hate him; Acts 12:19 - he went