1 Kings 20:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasanta in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. ”

• 1 Kings 20:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ben-hadad, disappointed by Ahab’s consent to an indignity which he had thought no monarch could submit to, proceeds to put a fresh construction on his former demands.

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (c) Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, t...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  search: as from the top: i.e. ransack.

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whatsoever is pleasant. — The demand, which is virtually for the plunder of Samaria, probably neither expects nor desires acceptance, and is therefore a refusal of all but unconditional surrender....

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Boasting before the Battle 1 Kings 20:1-15 Ben-hadad's insolent demand indicated how low Israel had sunk. The worship of Jezebel's gods had wrought moral degeneracy. Let us never forget this le...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (5) And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; (...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time ,.... He gave him twenty four hours to consider of it: and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants ; the royal...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying , &c. Although I before demanded not only the dominion of thy treasures, and wives, and children, as thou mayest seem to understand me; but also the actual posses...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - 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 20:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ben-hadad's Insolent Demand. B. C. 900.       1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all hi...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Yet now I will not accept of those terms, but, together with thy royal treasures, I expect all the treasures of thy servants or subjects; nor will I wait till thou deliver them to me, but I will send...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - 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 20:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Benhadad's first Defeat

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 13:19-21 ; 2 Kings 18:31 ; 2 Kings 18:32 ; 2 Samuel 24:14 ; Ezra 8:27 ; Genesis 27:15 ; Hosea 13:15 ; Isaiah 44:9 ; Jeremiah 25:34 ; Joel 3:5 ; Lamentations 1:10 ; Lamentations 1...

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• 1 Kings 20:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Yet, &c. — Yet now I will not accept of those terms, but together with thy royal treasures, I expect all the treasures of thy servants or subjects; nor will I wait 'till thou deliver them to me...

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