1Ki 20:13-21, 28-30, 1Ch 19:14-15, 2Ch 13:5-16 | TSK | STEP | came. Heb. approached. Hast thou. and thou shalt.

1 Kings 20:13-21

came. Heb. approached. Hast thou.

2Ki 6:8-12; 7:1; 13:23; Isa 7:1-9; Eze 20:14,22

and thou shalt.

28; 18:37; Ex 14:18; 16:12; Ps 83:18; Isa 37:20; Eze 6:7; Joe 3:17

young men. or, servants.

Ge 14:14-16; Jud 7:16-20; 1Sa 17:50; 1Co 1:27-29

order. Heb. bind, or tie.

18:44

two hundred.

Jud 7:7,16; 1Sa 14:6; 2Ch 14:11

seven thousand.

19:18; 1Sa 14:2; 2Ki 13:7; Ps 106:40-43

Ben-hadad.

11,12; 16:7; Pr 23:29-32; Ec 10:16,17; Ho 4:11

the thirty.

Isa 54:15The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a drunken king, who gave orders over his cups, while he was drinking at noon. Drunkenness is a sin which is most detestable in all, but more so in a king than in a private individual, inasmuch as the greater weight a man's situation carries, whether from accumulated riches, family connections, hereditary authority, or invested command, so is the influence which his vices must have on those around him. Perhaps it may be said, from past experience, that drunkenness, which is a most heinous sin in the sight of God, may be charged on those who indulge only now and then in that which may eventually lead them into drunkenness; for they shut their eyes against the most palpable facts, and rather than give up the paltry gratification of a debauch, involve thousands by their example to positive harm. Benhadad's drunkenness was the forerunner of his fall. Belshazzar also, we read, drank wine with his princes, his wives, and his concubines, and praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone: and in the same hour came forth the finger of a man's hand and wrote his doom on the plaster of the wall. Those who fancy themselves perfectly secure, and above the possibility of falling, are commonly nearest their destruction: there is always an Ahab read to take advantage of and improve the self-imposed imbecility.

14,15,19

1Sa 2:3,4; 14:11,12; 17:44; 2Ki 14:8-12; Pr 18:12

they slew.

2Sa 2:16; Ec 9:11

the Syrians.

Le 26:8; Jud 7:20-22; 1Sa 14:13-15; 2Ki 7:6,7; Ps 33:16; 46:6

escaped.

1Sa 30:16,17; 2Ki 19:36

went out.

Jud 3:28; 7:23-25; 1Sa 14:20-22; 17:52; 2Ki 3:18,24

1 Kings 20:28-30

there came.

13,22; 13:1; 17:18; 2Ch 20:14-20

Because.

23; Isa 37:29-37

therefore will.

13; De 32:27; Jos 7:8,9; Job 12:16-19; Ps 58:10,11; 79:10

Isa 37:29,35; Jer 14:7; Eze 20:9,14; 36:21-23,32

ye shall know.

13; Ex 6:7; 7:5; 8:22; De 29:6; Eze 6:14; 11:12; 12:16; 36:22; 39:7

seven days.

Jos 6:15; 1Sa 17:16; Ps 10:16

an hundred thousand.

2Sa 10:18; 2Ch 13:17; 20:23-25; 28:6; Isa 37:36

the rest.

Ps 18:25

a wall.

Isa 24:18; Jer 48:44; Am 2:14,15; 5:19; 9:3; Lu 13:4

fled.

10,20; Da 4:37

into an inner chamber. or, from chamber to chamber. Heb.into a chamber within a chamber.

22:25; 2Ch 18:24

1 Chronicles 19:14-15

they fled.

1Ki 20:13,19-21,28-30; 2Ch 13:5-16; Jer 46:15,16

they likewise.

Le 26:7; Ro 8:31

2 Chronicles 13:5-16

Ought ye not.

Ne 5:9; Pr 1:29; 2Pe 3:5

the Lord.

Jud 11:21-24; Jer 27:5-7; Da 4:25-32; 5:18

to David.

1Sa 16:1,12; 2Sa 7:12-16; 1Ki 8:20; 1Ch 17:11,14; 28:4,5

Ps 89:19-37; Jer 33:21,22,26; Lu 1:31-33

a covenant of salt.

Le 2:13; Nu 18:19; Eze 43:24; Mr 9:49,50

rebelled.

10:19; 1Ki 11:26; 12:20,27

vain men.

Jud 9:4; 11:3; 1Sa 22:2; Job 30:8; Ps 26:4; Pr 12:11; 28:19; Ac 17:5

Tit 1:10

the children of Belial.

De 13:13; 1Ki 21:10,13

young.

10:16; 12:13; Ec 10:16; Isa 3:4; 1Co 14:20; Heb 5:12

could not.

11:1-4

the kingdom.

9:8; Ps 2:1-6; Isa 7:6,7; 9:6,7; Lu 19:14,27

a great multitude.

14:9-11; 20:6,12; Ps 33:16

with you golden.

11:15; 1Ki 12:28; 14:9; Ho 8:5,6

cast out.

11:14,15

made you priests.

1Ki 12:31-33; 13:33

consecrated himself. Heb. fill his hand.

Ex 32:29; Le 16:32; 1Ch 29:5; *margins

young.

Ex 29:1,35; Le 8:2

no gods.

De 32:17; 2Ki 19:18; Jer 2:11; Ho 8:6; Ac 19:26; Ga 4:8

the Lord.We have not abandoned the Lord; and we still serve him according to His own law. But what Abijah urged concerning the state of religion in Judah was not strictly just; and, as spoken by him, it favoured ostentation. Abijah himself was but an indifferent character; and idolatry was evidently connived at in his days. Yet it was true, that the men of Judah had the priests, ordinances, and worship of Jehovah among them; that there were numbers of pious worshippers in the land; that theirs was the more righteous cause; that Jehovah was on their side as their Captain, while Israel fought against him; and that the presence of the priests with the sacred trumpets was a token of His presence and favour.

11:16,17; Ex 19:5,6; Zec 13:9

the priests.

Ex 29:1-37; Nu 16:40; 18:1-7

they burn.

2:4; Ex 29:38

sweet incense.

Ex 30:1-10; Le 2:1-3; Nu 16:6,46; Lu 1:9; Re 8:3,4

shewbread.

Ex 25:30; Le 24:5-9

the candlestick.

Ex 25:31-39; 27:20,21; Le 24:2-4

we keep.