1 Kings 20:43

Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.

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In The King James Version

And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

In Context

42And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:4So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.

Esther 5:13But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.

Job 5:2For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:32-43

31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently observe… Read the whole commentary →

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