1 Kings 20:34 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

BSB

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ASV

And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

KJV

And Ben–hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus - It appears that it was customary for foreigners to have a place assigned to them, particularly in maritime towns, where they might deposit and vend their merchandise. This was the very origin of European settlements in Asiatic countries: “The people gave an inch to those strangers; and in consequence they took an ell.” Under the pretense of strengthening the place where they kept their wares, to prevent depredations, they built forts, and soon gave laws to their entertainers.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 535: “Ben-Hadad'S Escape—An Encouragement For Sinners” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1863)

ALTHOUGH the manners and customs of warfare were exceedingly rough and cruel in those primitive ages, yet it appears that the kings of Israel gained a name for being merciful. I do not find recorded in Scripture any particularly merciful acts of theirs and I should conclude that the kings of other countries must have been very ferocious, if the kings of Israel were at all merciful.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Their voluntary attitude and language of submission flattered the pride of Ahab, who, little concerned about the dishonor done to the God of Israel by the Syrian king, and thinking of nothing but victory, paraded his clemency, called the vanquished king "his brother," invited him to sit in the royal chariot, and dismissed him with a covenant of peace.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָ֡יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
הֶעָרִ֣ים	he.'a.Rim	the cities	H5892 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
לָֽקַח־	la.kach-	he took	H3947 →
אָבִי֩	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
מֵאֵ֨ת	me.'Et	from with	H854 →
אָבִ֜יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
אָשִׁ֗יב	'a.Shiv	I will return	H7725 →
וְ֠חוּצוֹת	Ve.chu.tzot	and streets	H2351 →
תָּשִׂ֨ים	ta.Sim	you will make	H7760 →
לְךָ֤	le.Kha	for yourself
בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙	ve.da.Me.sek	in Damascus	H1834 →
כַּאֲשֶׁר־	ka.'a.Sher-	just as	H834 →
שָׂ֤ם	sam	he made	H7760 →
אָבִי֙	'a.Vi	father my	H1 →
בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן	be.Sho.me.Ron	in Samaria	H8111 →
וַאֲנִ֖י	va.'a.Ni	and I	H589 →
בַּבְּרִ֣ית	ba.be.Rit	with the covenant	H1285 →
אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ	'a.sha.le.Che.ka	I will let go you	H7971 →
וַיִּכְרָת־	vai.yikh.rot-	and he made	H3772 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	to him
בְרִ֖ית	ve.Rit	a covenant	H1285 →
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ ס	Vay.sha.le.Che.hu	and he let go him	H7971 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 22:31
Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
leads to
- 1 Kings 20:24
  So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
- 2 Chronicles 18:30
  Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
- Jeremiah 16:6
  “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
Through
1 Kings 15:20
And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
leads to
- 2 Kings 15:29
  In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people…
- Judges 18:29
  They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
Through
1 Kings 20:42
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for…
leads to
- 1 Kings 22:31–37
  Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
Through
Isaiah 26:10
Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
leads to
- Hosea 11:7
  My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.
- John 5:37–38
  And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

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