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1 Kings 20:16 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 20 · verse 16
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.1 Kings 20:16 · King James Version
1 Kings 20:16 in context
14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
15Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pavilionsçukkâha hut or lairH5521 →
- BenhadadBen-HădadBen-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kingsH1130 →
- drinkingshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- helpedʻâzarto surroundH5826 →
- drunkshikkôwrintoxicated, as astate or a habitH7910 →
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The treaty between the besiegers and the besieged being broken off abruptly, we have here an account of the battle that ensued immediately. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21