1 Reis 20:1

1 Ora, Bene-Hadade, rei da Síria, ajuntou todo o seu exército; e havia com ele trinta e dois reis, e cavalos e carros. Então subiu, cercou a Samária, e pelejou contra ela.

1 Reis 20:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:1

And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together,
&c.] This was Benhadad the second, the son of that Benhadad, to whom Asa sent to help him against Baasha, ( 1 Kings 15:18 )

and there were thirty and two kings with him;
these were heads of families, so called, and at most governors of cities under Benhadad; petty princes, such as were in the land of Canaan in Joshua's time:

and horses and chariots;
how many is not said:

and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it;
he went up with such an intent, but had not as yet done it in form; what moved him to it cannot be said precisely, whether an ambitious view of enlarging his dominions, or because the king of Israel paid not the tribute his father had imposed upon him, see ( 1 Kings 20:34 ) , however, so it was, through the providence of God, as a scourge to Ahab for his impiety.

1 Reis 20:1 In-Context

1 Ora, Bene-Hadade, rei da Síria, ajuntou todo o seu exército; e havia com ele trinta e dois reis, e cavalos e carros. Então subiu, cercou a Samária, e pelejou contra ela.

2 E enviou � cidade mensageiros a Acabe, rei de Israel, a dizer-lhe: Assim diz: Bene-Hadade:

3 A tua prata e o teu ouro são meus; e também, das tuas mulheres e dos teus filhos, os melhores são meus.

4 Ao que respondeu o rei de Israel, dizendo: Conforme a tua palavra, ó rei meu senhor, sou teu, com tudo quanto tenho.

5 Tornaram a vir os mensageiros, e disseram: Assim fala Bene-Hadade, dizendo: Enviei-te, na verdade, mensageiros que dissessem: Tu me hás de entregar a tua prata e o teu ouro, as tuas mulheres e os teus filhos;