1 Kings 20:39
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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 20:39 (King James Version)
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
- Thy servant
- Judges 9:7-20 ; 2 Samuel 12:1-7 ; 14:5-7 Mark 12:1-12
- thy life
- 42 ; 2 Kings 10:24
- or else
- Exodus 21:30 ; Job 36:18 ; Psalms 49:7 ; Proverbs 6:35 ; 13:8 1 Peter 1:18 1 Peter 1:19
- pay
- Hebrew weigh.