1 Kings 20:17
in 1 Kings 20And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.
KJV
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
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This verse in 1 Kings 20
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This glorious victory, won so easily, and with such a paltry force opposed to overwhelming numbers, was granted that Ahab and his people might know (1Ki 20:13) that God is the Lord. But we do not read of this acknowledgment being made, or of any sacrifices being offered in token of their national gratitude.
This site's exposition
in their tents getting drunk
on 1 Kings 20:16-18
Ben-hadad and “the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk”, a contempt Barnes compares to Belshazzar's feast before Babylon fell. Told that men are coming out of Samaria, Ben-hadad orders them taken alive whether they come for peace or war.
This site's exposition
young officers of the district governors marched
The young officers lead the march, as the prophet ordered at verse 14. Albert Barnes prefers the Greek Septuagint reading here, where the scouts send word to the king of Aram. Their report names the city: Samaria.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first,.... From Samaria, before the 7000 did: and Benhadad sent out; of his pavilion, a messenger or messengers to his sentinels, to know what news, and how matters stood, whether Ahab had sent any message, signifying his compliance with his terms: and they told him, saying, there are men come out of Samaria; but upon what account they could not say.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him - The Septuagint has a better reading: “they sent and told the king of Syria.”
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצְא֗וּ | vaiyetzeu | and they went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| נַעֲרֵ֛י | naarei | [the] young men of | H5288 → | 239 times |
| שָׂרֵ֥י | sarei | [the] officials of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת | hamedinot | the provinces | H4082 → | 53 times |
| בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה | barishonah | at the first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | Ben | H1130 → | 50 times |
| הֲדַ֗ד | hadad | Hadad | H1130 → | 50 times |
| וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ | vaiyagidu | and people told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | to him | ||
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲנָשִׁ֕ים | ʾanashim | men | H582 → | 566 times |
| יָצְא֖וּ | yatzeu | they have come out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃ | mishomeron | from Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
וַיֵּצְא֗וּand they went out
vaiyetzeuH3318 →1067 times
נַעֲרֵ֛י[the] young men of
naareiH5288 →239 times
שָׂרֵ֥י[the] officials of
sareiH8269 →421 times
הַמְּדִינ֖וֹתthe provinces
hamedinotH4082 →53 times
בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הat the first
barishonahH7223 →182 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
בֶּן־Ben
ben-H1130 →50 times
הֲדַ֗דHadad
hadadH1130 →50 times
וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּand people told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
לוֹ֙to him
lo
לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
אֲנָשִׁ֕יםmen
ʾanashimH582 →566 times
יָצְא֖וּthey have come out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
מִשֹּׁמְרֽוֹן׃from Samaria
mishomeronH8111 →109 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).