And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and [there were] thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
Ver. 1. And there were thirty and two kings with him.] Reguli; petty kings, such as once were the kings of Canaan, thirty-two likewise in number; Joshua 12:7 , &c. such as were once the kings of this land. Caesar telleth us of four kings of Kent in his time, viz., Cingentorix, Carvilius, Taximagulus, and Segonax, who shared that country amongst them.
And he went up and besieged Samaria.] Some towns of Israel Benhadad or his father had taken thirty years before, 1Ki 15:17-20 and now he would have all; like as the Gauls, having once tasted of the sweet wines of Italy, would never be at rest till they had got that whole country. a
a Plutarch in Camillo.