1 Kings 20:10

And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He + 20:10 See Prof. Lee on the word ברך in Job 2:9 Heb. Gram. p.92. blessed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let them die.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

In Context

9And + 20:9 Gr. had been written. it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.

11And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.

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Cross References

Exodus 11:8And all these your servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying, Go forth, you and all the people over whom you preside, and afterwards I will go forth.

2 Samuel 17:12And we will come upon him in one of the places where we shall find him, and we will encamp against him, as the dew falls upon the earth; and we will not leave of him and of his men so much as one.

1 Kings 19:2And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If you are Eliu and I am Jezabel, God + 19:2 Lit. do these things to me, and add these things. do so to me, and more also, if I do not make your life by this time to-morrow as the life of one of them.

2 Kings 19:23By + 19:23 Gr. by the hand of. your messengers you have reproached the Lord, and have said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the + 19:23 Gr. bulk or size. height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.

Isaiah 37:24For you have reproached the Lord by messengers; for you have said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have + 37:24 Gr. cut cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:2-12

Ben-hadad's Insolent Demand. ( b. c. 900.) 1 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. 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy… Read the whole commentary →

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