1Ki 20:33-42 | TSK | STEP | the men. and he caused.

1 Kings 20:33-42

the men.

and he caused.

The cities.

So he made a covenant.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.

42; 22:31; 2Ch 18:30; Isa 8:12; 26:10

of the sons.

38; 1Sa 10:12; 2Ki 2:3,5,7,15; 4:1,38; Am 7:14

in the word.

13:1,2,17,18

Smite me.

37; Isa 8:18; 20:2,3; Jer 27:2,3; Eze 4:3; Mt 16:24

13:21-24,26; 1Sa 15:22,23

Smite me.

35; Ex 21:12

so that, etc. Heb. smiting and wounding.

disguised.