1 Kings 20:43
The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed/dejected.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 21:4So Ahab became very sullen and angry because of what Naboth had said. He went home and lay down on his bed. He turned his face toward the wall, and he refused to eat anything.
Esther 5:13Then Haman said, “But those things ◄mean nothing to me/do not make me happy► while I keep seeing that Jew, Mordecai, just sitting there at the gate of the palace and ignoring me!”
Job 5:2Foolish people die because of being ◄resentful/very angry at someone►; people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous of others.
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 →