1 Kings 20:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. ”

• 1 Kings 20:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the (i) horsemen. (i) They who were appointed for the preserva...

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

  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...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. The Syrians fled - They were doubtless panic-stru...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. No JFB commen...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  War between Israel and Syria The Syrians besiege Samaria, but a sally being made from the city by the direction of a prophet, they are driven off, and the next year are beaten at Aphek. Ahab, havi...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And they slew... — The attack of this handful of men, supported by a sally of the whole garrison, is not unlike the slaughter of the Philistine garrison and host in the days of Saul ( 1 Samuel 14 )...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  AHAB AND BENHADAD 1 Kings 20:1-30 IN the Septuagint and in Josephus the events narrated in the twentieth chapter of the Book of Kings are placed after the meeting of Elijah with Ahab at the doo...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Prosperous Nation 1 Kings 4:1-7 ; 1 Kings 20:1-43 ; 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 22:1-53 What a picture is here given of national contentment and prosperity! We can almost hear the gladsome v...

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

  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, act...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (16) And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. (17) And the young men of the princes of the prov...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they slew everyone his man ,.... The Syrian army, or at least a body of men detached from them, met them, opposed them, and fought them, and they slew of them 7232 men; as many as they themselve...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. Ver. 20. And the Syrians fled … and Benhadad es...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  They slew every one his man Who came to apprehend him. And the Syrians fled Amazed at the undaunted and unexpected courage of the Israelites, and struck with a divine terror. And Ben-hadad escap...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  AHAB DEFEATS SYRIA (vs.1-22) God's care for His people Israel is still remarkably displayed in this chapter in spite of the unholy character of Ahab. Ben Hadad, king of Syria, marshaled a tremen...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ben-hadad's Defeat. B. C. 900.       12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this mess...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  They slew every one his man, i.e. him who came to fight with him, or to seize upon him, as Ben-hadad had commanded. The Syrians fled; being amazed at the unexpected and undaunted courage of the I...

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

  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...

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

  THE DEFEAT OF THE SYRIANS CRITICAL 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 o...

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

  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 al...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE INVASIONS OF ISRAEL BY THE SYRIANS AND THEIR RESULTS .—The insertion of this chapter, which contains an account of two invasions of Israel by the hosts of Syria...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Benhadad's first Defeat

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 14:13-15 ; 1 Samuel 30:16 ; 1 Samuel 30:17 ; 2 Kings 19:36 ; 2 Kings 7:6 ; 2 Kings 7:7 ; 2 Samuel 2:16 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Judges 7:20-22 ; Leviticus 26:8 ; Psalms 33:16 ; Psal...

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• 1 Kings 20:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  His man — Him who came to seize upon him, as Ben — hadad had commanded. Fled — Being amazed at the unexpected and undaunted courage of the Israelites, and struck with a divine terror.

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