1 Reyes 20:42

42 El profeta le dijo:
—Esto dice el Señor
: “Por haberle perdonado la vida al hombre que yo dije que había que destruir
ahora tú morirás en su lugar, y tu pueblo morirá en lugar de su pueblo”.

1 Reyes 20:42 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:42

And he said unto him, thus saith the Lord
He spake not his own sense, and in his own words, but in the name of the Lord, for which he had authority, that it might have the greater weight with Ahab:

because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to
utter destruction;
meaning Benhadad; or "the man of my anathema or curse" ^F23; cursed of God for his blasphemy of him, and devoted by him to ruin on that account; or "of my net" ^F24, being by his providence brought into a net or noose at Aphek, out of which he could not have escaped, had not Ahab let him go:

therefore thy life shall go for his life;
as it shortly did, and that by the hand of a Syrian soldier, ( 1 Kings 22:34 1 Kings 22:35 ) ,

and thy people for his people;
which was fulfilled by Hazael king of Syria, the sins of Israel rendering them deserving of the calamities they endured by his means, see ( 2 Kings 8:12 ) ( 10:32 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (ymrx vya) "vir anathematis mei", Montanus, Piscator.
F24 "Vir retis mei"; so some in Vatablus.

1 Reyes 20:42 In-Context

40 pero mientras yo estaba ocupado en otras cosas, ¡el prisionero desapareció!
—Bueno, fue tu culpa —respondió el rey—. Tú mismo has firmado tu propia sentencia.

41 Enseguida el profeta se quitó la venda de los ojos, y el rey lo reconoció como uno de los profetas.

42 El profeta le dijo:
—Esto dice el Señor
: “Por haberle perdonado la vida al hombre que yo dije que había que destruir
ahora tú morirás en su lugar, y tu pueblo morirá en lugar de su pueblo”.

43 Entonces el rey de Israel volvió a su casa en Samaria, enojado y de mal humor.