The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 20:18
" Take them alive ." "Security is the certain usher of destruction. We have never so much cause to fear as when we fear nothing" (cf. Daniel 5:1 , 80; Luke 17:27 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:3 ). read more
열왕기상 20:15-21 Krv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 20:19
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. [ i.e; the 7000. They "came out" after the young men.] read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 20:20
And they slew every one his man [The LXX ; which differs here considerably from the Hebrew, inserts at this point καὶ ἐδευτέρωσεν ἕκαστος τὸν παρ αὐτοῦ . Ewald thinks the Hebrew text ought to be made to correspond, and would read וַיּשְׁנוּ אישׁ אישׁוֹ i.e; each repeatedly killed his man, as in 1 Samuel 14:16 ]: and the Syrians fled [When a few had fallen, utter panic seized the rest. The separate kings, with their divided interests, thought only of their own... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 20:20
" They slew every one his man ." It is thus the world must be won for Christ. Mohammed had two fixed ideas: first, to make converts; second, to make his converts soldiers . And every Christian is a soldier of the Cross, enlisted at his baptism into the Church militant . By personal, individual effort are Churches built up and believers added to the Lord. So it was in the first days. "Andrew findeth his own brother Simon." "Philip findeth Nathanael" ( John 1:41-45 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 20:21
And the king of Israel went out [It looks as if Ahab had remained within the city until the defeat of the Syrians was assured], and smote [ LXX . καὶ ἐλαβε , and captured ] the horses and chariots [ i.e; the cavalry and chariotry; cf. 1 Kings 20:1 ], and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. [Heb. in Syria a great, etc.] read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 20:15
Seven thousand - Considering how populous Palestine was in the time of the earlier Israelite kings (see 2 Chronicles 13:3; 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 17:14-18), the smallness of this number is somewhat surprising. If the reading be sound, we must suppose, first, that Ben-hadad’s attack was very sudden, and that Ahab had no time to collect forces from distant parts of the country; and secondly, that during the long siege the garrison of Samaria had been greatly reduced, until it now did not... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 20:16
drinking himself drunk - Ben-hadad meant probably to mark his utter contempt of his foe. Compare the contempt of Belshazzar Daniel 5:1-4. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 20:17
Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him - The Septuagint has a better reading: “they sent and told the king of Syria.” read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 20:15
1 Kings 20:15. He numbered all the men of Israel All in Samaria and the neighbourhood that were fit to go out to war; all except those whom their age, or infirmity, or other sufficient causes excused; but certainly not all the men of war in Israel, who must have been far more than seven thousand. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 20:18
" There came a prophet " O altitudo! For years past the prophets have been proscribed, hunted, harried to death. Yet in his darkest hour, when other refuge fails him, Ahab finds a prophet at his side. God bears no grudges. It is sufficient to give us a claim upon His help that we are helpless ( Psalms 68:5 ; Hosea 14:8 ). He "comforteth" ( i.e; strengtheneth, con fortis ) "those that are cast down ( 2 Corinthians 7:6 ). "Who can wonder enough at this unweariable mercy of God?... read more