1 Kings 20:11
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| Overview - 1 Kings 20 | |
| 1 | Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria. |
| 13 | By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain. |
| 22 | As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him in Aphek. |
| 28 | By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again. |
| 31 | The Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sends Ben-hadad away with a covenant. |
| 35 | The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him. |
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1 Kings 20:11 (King James Version)
And 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.
- Let not him, etc
- This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it."
- 1 Samuel 14:6 1 Samuel 14:12 1 Samuel 14:13 ; 17:44-47 Proverbs 27:1 ; Ecclesiastes 9:11 ; Isaiah 10:15 Isaiah 10:16
- Matthew 26:33-35 Matthew 26:75
- harness
- The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French {harnois;} see Exodus 13:18 .