1 Kings 20:5

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
messengers	הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים ha.mal.'a.Khim	H4397	a messenger · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
again	וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ vai.ya.Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
said	וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ vai.Yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
speaketh	אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Ben-hadad	בֶּן ben-	H1130	Ben-Hadad · proper noun, a man's name
saying	לֵאמֹ֑ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
sent	שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי sha.Lach.ti	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
deliver	תִתֵּֽן ti.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
silver	כַּסְפְּךָ֧ kas.pe.Kha	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
gold	וּזְהָבְךָ֛ u.ze.ha.ve.Kha	H2091	gold · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
wives	וְנָשֶׁ֥יךָ ve.na.Shei.kha	H802	a woman · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
children	וּבָנֶ֖יךָ u.va.Nei.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:1-11

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. David in his time had quite subdued the Syrians and made them tributaries to Israel, but Israel's apostasy from God makes them formidable again. Asa had tempted the Syrians to invade Israel once (Kg1 15:18-20), and now they did it of their own accord. It is dangerous bringing a foreign force into the country: posterity may pay dearly for it. Ben-hadad had with him thirty-two kings, who were either tributaries to h…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:2

Thus said Ben-hadad, Thy silver and thy gold is mine--To this message sent him during the siege, Ahab returned a tame and submissive answer, probably thinking it meant no more than an exaction of tribute. But the demand was repeated with greater insolence; and yet, from the abject character of Ahab, there is reason to believe he would have yielded to this arrogant claim also, had not the voice of his subjects been raised against it. Ben-hadad's object in these and other boastful menaces was to intimidate Ahab. But the weak sovereign began to show a little more spirit, as appears in his abandoning "my lord the king" for the single "tell him," and giving him a dry but sarcastic hint to glory n…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:4

I am thine, and all that I have - He probably hoped by this humiliation to soften this barbarous king, and perhaps to get better conditions.

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:5

And the messengers came again,.... From Benhadad: and said, thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, although I have sent unto thee, saying: at the first message: thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; into his possession, and not as Ahab understood it, that he should be his vassal, and pay a yearly tribute for his quiet enjoyment of them; yet even this he would not now abide by, growing still more haughty upon the mean submission of Ahab, as by what follows.

Dictionary and topics

Ahab — Father’s brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence…
Samaria — A watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of Shomeron,” a solitary mountain, a great “mamelon.” It is an oblong…
Ambassadors · Benhadad to Ahab — Benhadad to Ahab
Gold · Exacted as tribute — Exacted as tribute
Samaria, Ancient · Samaria the capital of: Besieged by Benhadad — Samaria the capital of: Besieged by Benhadad
Syria · Benhadad king of, besieged Samaria — Benhadad king of, besieged Samaria

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 20:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:2

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:4

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:5

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 20:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:2

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:4

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:5

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 20:1-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 20:2-4

Rashi on 1 Kings 20:5