1 Kings 20:33

Now the men did diligently observe whether anything would come from him and did hastily catch it [Heb. and the men augured— נִחֵשׁ divinavit . Cf. Genesis 44:15 ; Le Genesis 19:26 ; 2 Kings 17:17 . LXX . οἰωνίσαντο . Vulgate acceperunt pro omine—and hasted and made him declare whether from him, the meaning of which is sufficiently clear, viz; that the men took Ahab's words,"He is my brother," as a speech of good omen, and immediately laid hold of it, and contrived that the king should be held to it and made to confirm it. The only difficulty is in the word וַיַּחְלְטוּ which is ἄπαξ My. The Talmud, however, interprets it to mean , declare, confirm ; in the Kal conjugation and the Hiphil would therefore mean, made him declare . The LXX . and Vulgate, however, have understood it otherwise, taking חָלַט as the equivalent of חָלָץ rapuit . The former has ἀνελέξαντο τὸν λόγον ἐκ τοῦ οτόματος αὐτοῦ , and the latter rapuerunt verbum ex ore ejus . They would seem also to have read instead of הַדָּבָר מ חֲמֵמֶּנוּ (Ewald). The law of dakheet , by which Rawlinson would explain this incident, seems to be rather an usage of the Bedouin than of any civilized nations]: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then said he, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him [out of his hiding-place and out of the city]: and he caused him to come up into the chariot. [A mark of great favour (compare Genesis 41:43 ), and of reconciliation and concord (cf. 2 Kings 10:15 ).]