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Wiersbe - (Ben-Hadad) his covetousness led to his defeat. In addition to taking the king’s wealth and the royal family, Ben-hadad wanted to send officers to search all the royal buildings and take whatever they wanted! Agreeing with this request was much too humiliating for proud Ahab, so he and his advisers refused to accept it. (Bible Exposition Commentary) 1 Kings 20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again. NET 1 Kings 20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, "Say this to my master, the king, 'I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.'" So the messengers went back and gave their report. CSB 1 Kings 20:9 So he said to Ben-hadad's messengers, "Say to my lord the king, 'Everything you demanded of your servant the first time, I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" So the messengers left and took word back to him. ESV 1 Kings 20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, "Tell my lord the king, 'All that you first demanded of your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" And the messengers departed and brought him word again. NIV 1 Kings 20:9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell my lord the king, 'Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.' " They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad. NLT 1 Kings 20:9 So Ahab told the messengers from Ben-hadad, "Say this to my lord the king: 'I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot accept this last demand of yours.' " So the messengers returned to Ben-hadad with that response. 1 Kings 20 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries AHAB REFUSES THE SECOND DEMAND So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” And the messengers departed and brought him word again - NLT = "So Ahab told the messengers from Ben-hadad, "Say this to my lord the king: 'I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot accept this last demand of yours.' " So the messengers returned to Ben-hadad with that response." Ahab's response is still spineless for not only would he let Ben-Hadad have the silver and gold but also the wives and children! Ahab draws the line at Ben-Hadad taking inanimate items (as if they are more valuable than the lives of wives and children). 1 Kings 20:10 Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.” NET 1 Kings 20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, "May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands." CSB 1 Kings 20:10 Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, "May the gods punish me and do so severely if Samaria's dust amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me." ESV 1 Kings 20:10 Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." NIV 1 Kings 20:10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful." NLT 1 Kings 20:10 Then Ben-hadad sent this message to Ahab: "May the gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers." The gods: 1Ki 19:2 Ac 23:12 dust: 2Sa 17:12,13 2Ki 19:23,24 Isa 10:13,14 37:24,25 follow me: Heb. are at my feet, Ex 11:8 Jdg 4:10 1 Kings 20 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: 1 Kings 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 2 Kings 6:31 Then he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.” BEN-HADAD'S RASH OATH Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods (fertility gods of Syria) do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me - NLT = "Then Ben-hadad sent this message to Ahab: "May the gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers." 1 Kings 20:11 Then the king of Israel replied, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.’” NET 1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel replied, "Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off." CSB 1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel answered, "Say this: 'Don't let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.'" ESV 1 Kings 20:11 And the king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.'" NIV 1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: 'One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.' " NLT 1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel sent back this answer: "A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won." NRS 1 Kings 20:11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him: One who puts on armor should not brag like one who takes it off." Let not him: etc. 1Sa 14:6,12,13 17:44-47 Pr 27:1 Ec 9:11 Isa 10:15,16 Mt 26:33-35,75 who girds on his armor: Ex 13:18. 1 Kings 20 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH! Then the king of Israel replied, “Tell him, ‘Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off - NLT = "A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won." This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. It is foolish to boast about winning before the fight has even begun! Boast after the battle, not before! NET NOTE on Let not him who girds on his armor boast...- The point of the saying is that someone who is still preparing for a battle should not boast as if he has already won the battle. A modern parallel would be, "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched." Spurgeon Study Bible - 1Ki 20:11 “Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.” It is right to learn even from the lips of the wicked, for they are seldom as foolish in worldly things as they are in spiritual. Those who put on the armor are the more apt to be proud because they often mistake their intentions for accomplishments. The text is peculiarly adapted to those who are commencing the battle of the Christian life. The young person who is newly converted is putting on his armor; he has newly made the profession of his faith and has come forward to be baptized and united with the church. Soon he is going back to the warehouse where they will know that he professes to be a Christian. Or he will go home to a family whose other members have no respect for the things of God, and he will have to bear witness among them. The young woman has to go back to her friends who have not the same love of Jesus that she has, to begin her lifelong testimony in their midst. It will do also for young men and women who are beginning life for themselves, lately married, beginning housekeeping, and intending to do well; opening a new shop with good prospects; moving to a new farm with such bright hopes. It may be a word in season to these people. Putting on the armor, we have not taken it off yet, and, therefore, we should not boast. There is a difference, and more than a slight one, between intentions and accomplishments. We do not always perform what we think we will, nor do we always reach where we hope to arrive; failures are as numerous as successes, and even the most successful have failures to mourn over. The gist of all I have said is this: we should trust in God but distrust ourselves. C H
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Wiersbe writes that "That the king of Israel should make such a treaty with the enemy is remarkable, but Ahab had no convictions (except those of his wife) and always took the easy way out of any situation. Furthermore, he needed the support of Aram in case the Assyrians should decide to move south. This treaty lasted three years (1Ki 22:1+). (Bible Exposition Commentary) TSK - One 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. Brian Bell - Not claiming a complete Victory.In which area of your life have you come only part of the way? Partial victory? When you think the battle is over, you may face your greatest danger and experience your greatest defeat. Question 84 What does it mean that Ben-Hadad will let Ahab build “streets” in Damascus (1 Kings 20:34)? - David E O'Brien You’ve heard the adage, “To the victor go the spoils.” The streets in Damascus were part of the spoils of Ahab’s victory over Syria. These were commercial streets, trade zones, where Israel’s merchants were allowed to do business without hindrance or tax in the capital of their traditional enemy. These trade zones were like Japan’s tariff-free commerce in the United States today. Israel’s trade zones in enemy territory were a graphic demonstration of Ahab’s total defeat of Ben-Hadad. They allow us to see Ahab as he really was: a powerful, feared monarch. We focus our attention on his spiritual bankruptcy, but his contemporaries weren’t concerned about that. They saw him as an ally to be courted and an enemy to be feared. Assyrian records tell us that a coalition formed between Ahab, Damascus, and Hamath stood against Shalmaneser III in a battle at Qarqar. Ahab’s 2,000 chariots would have been a key element in that force. While Shalmaneser boasted of a great victory, he was actually stopped cold for several years. Ahab’s streets in Damascus are a token of the power he was able to exercise among Israel’s neighbors. (Today's Handbook for Solving Bible Difficulties - Page 273) 1 Kings 20:35 Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of the LORD, “Please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him. NET 1 Kings 20:35 One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, "Wound me!" But the man refused to wound him. CSB 1 Kings 20:35 One of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow prophet by the word of the LORD, "Strike me!" But the man refused to strike him. ESV 1 Kings 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow at the command of the LORD, "Strike me, please." But the man refused to strike him. NIV 1 Kings 20:35 By the word of the LORD one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, "Strike me with your weapon," but the man refused. NLT 1 Kings 20:35 Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, "Hit me!" But the man refused to hit the prophet. NRS 1 Kings 20:35 At the command of the LORD a certain member of a company of prophets said to another, "Strike me!" But the man refused to strike him. of the sons: 1Ki 20:38 1Sa 10:12 2Ki 2:3,5,7,15 4:1,38 Am 7:14 by the word of the LORD: 1Ki 13:1,2,17,18 strike me 1Ki 20:37 Isa 8:18 20:2,3 Jer 27:2,3 Eze 4:3 Mt 16:24 1 Kings 20 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries PREPARATION FOR CONFRONTING KING AHAB Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another (unclear whether this is another man or another prophet) by the word of the LORD, “Please strike (wound) me.” But the man refused to strike (wound) him - NLT - "At the command of the LORD a certain member of a company of prophets said to another, "Strike me!" But the man refused to strike him" In support for this "another" also being a prophet is the fact that this man incurred the death penalty implying that he knew the penalty for disobedience. The point of wounding the prophet was that he might appear to be a wounded soldier and Ahab would not recognize him as a prophet. Sons of the prophets does not refer to physical children but those who belonged to this prophetic association possibly led by either Elijah or Elisha. This phrase sons of the prophets occurs 12x in 11v - 1 Ki. 20:35; 2 Ki. 2:3; 2 Ki. 2:5; 2 Ki. 2:7; 2 Ki. 2:15; 2 Ki. 4:1; 2 Ki. 4:38; 2 Ki. 5:22; 2 Ki. 6:1; 2 Ki. 9:1; Acts 3:25 David