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1 Kings 20:10 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 20 · verse 10
And Benhadad 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.1 Kings 20:10 · King James Version
1 Kings 20:10 in context
8And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10And Benhadad 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.
11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
12And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BenhadadBen-HădadBen-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kingsH1130 →
- handfulsshôʻalthe palmH8168 →
- SamariaShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in PalestineH8111 →
- sufficeçâphaqto clap the handsH5606 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- followregela footH7272 →
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Here is, I. The threatening descent which Ben-hadad made upon Ahab's kingdom, and the siege he laid to Samaria, his royal city, Kg1 20:1. What the ground of the quarrel was we are not told; covetousness and ambition were the principle, which would never want some pretence or other.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11