1 Kings 20:11
And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.
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12And they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if peradventure the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.
1 Samuel 17:44And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
Job 41:8One part cleaves fast to another, 1 And the air cannot come between them. 1
Ecclesiastes 9:11I returned, and saw under the sun, 1 That the race is not to the swift, 1 Nor the battle to the strong, 1 Nor yet bread to the wise, 1 Nor yet wealth to men of understanding, 1 Nor yet favor to men of knowledge; 1 For time and chance will happen to them all. 1
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 →