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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Kings 20:16-30

the God both of Hills and Valleys 1 Kings 20:16-30 What is God to us? Is He only the God of the hills? We expect religion to serve us when we come to the great summits of experience. There are times of rapture and of vision when we seem naturally to stand with God on the holy mountains. We have our Moriah, our Pisgah, our Tabor, our Hermon. But is that all? No! God is with us in the valleys. When we descend into the valley of weeping, Psalms 84:6 , r.v., the valley of the shadow of death,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 20:1-43

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, acting under their direction, gained complete victory over his enemies. Then followed his failure in the very moment of triumph. He made a covenant with the man whom God had devoted to destruction. Pity which produces disobedience to the divine command is sin. In consequence of his disobedience his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 20:1-21

The Initial War With Benhadad (1 Kings 20:1-21 ). 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 allies to enforce the treaty, at which point Ahab submitted. But when Benhadad then tried to extract considerably more than was due, and to humiliate Ahab, Ahab resisted, and was promised by YHWH that victory would be his so that he would recognise YHWH for Whom He was. And the result was... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 20:1-43

The Reign Of Ahab King Of Israel c. 872-851 BC (1 Kings 16:29 to 1 Kings 22:40 ). The reigns of the previous seven kings of Judah and Israel have been covered in a short space (1 Kings 15:1 to 1 Kings 16:28). The reign of Ahab will now take up almost the whole of the remainder of 1 Kings (from 1 Kings 16:29 to 1 Kings 22:40). This, however, was not due to the importance of Ahab politically, but occurs because he was in continual conflict with the prophets of YHWH. It was these conflicts... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 20:1-34

1 Kings 20:1-Nahum : . 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 a brave and chivalrous king, bold in the battle and merciful in victory. In the Book of Kings the kings of Israel are seldom represented in a hostile spirit when confronted by the common enemy, Syria ( cf. 2 Kings 7). Syria, we learn, had become a formidable power.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 20:1-21

THE DEFEAT OF THE SYRIANSCRITICAL 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 who ruled single cities or districts (comp. Joshua 12:7). With him—אִתּוֹ not confederated as equals, but connected as dependent and tributary. 1 Kings 20:4. According to thy saying, I am thone, &c.—Not an ironical taunt, “according to thy saying” it is so; for Ahab had not spirit enough to resent... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 20:1-43

Chapter 20Now 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 Samaria, and they warred against it. And he sent messengers to Ahab the king of Israel the city, and he said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine; your wives and your children, the best of everything you have, is mine. And so the king of Israel answered and said,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 20:1-43

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 made clean, because he was coming with an army to spend a fortnight in his city. 1 Kings 20:11 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast. A wise answer: no man can tell the events of a battle. 1 Kings 20:13 . There came a prophet to Ahab. Since the destruction of Baal’s prophets,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 20:19

1Ki 20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. Ver. 19. And the army which followed them, ] viz., Those seven thousand, 1Ki 20:15 which Pellican saith were godly, confiding men; and Martyr thinketh they were the seven thousand that had not bowed their knees to Baal. Piety is the ground of all true valour. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 20:19

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:17 - General 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled read more