Lièwángjìshang 20:33

33 Zhè xiē rén líu xīn tàn chū tā dė kǒu qì lái， biàn jí máng jìu zhė tā dė huà shuō， biàn hā dá shì wáng dė xiōng dì。 wáng shuō， nǐ mėn qù qǐng tā lái。 biàn hā dá chū lái jiàn wáng， wáng jìu qǐng tā shàng chē。

Lièwángjìshang 20:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:33

Now the men did diligently observe whether anything would
come from him
That would be a good omen to them, and encourage them to hope for success; they observed him as diligently by his words and behaviour as soothsayers do when they look out for a lucky sign; for the word is sometimes used of divining ^F19:

and did hastily catch it;
as soon as it was out of his mouth, and laid hold on it to improve it to advantage, being wiser than him:

and they said, thy brother Benhadad;
him whom thou callest thy brother; he is thy brother, and is alive; this they caught, and expressed it, to observe whether it was a slip of his tongue, and whether he spoke it heartily, and would abide by it, or whether he would retract it:

then he said, go ye, bring him;
meaning from the city to the place where he was:

then Benhadad came forth to him;
out of his chamber, upon the report of his servants:

and he caused him to come up into the chariot;
to sit and converse with him there.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (wvxny) "augurati sunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Vatablus.

Lièwángjìshang 20:33 In-Context

31 Tā dė chén PŪ duì tā shuō， wǒ mėn tīng shuō yǐ sè liè wáng dōu shì RÉN cí dė wáng， xiàn zài wǒ mėn bù rú yāo shù má bù， tóu tào shéng suǒ， chū qù tóu jiàng yǐ sè liè wáng， huò zhě tā cún líu wáng dė xìng mìng。

32 yú shì tā mėn yāo shù má bù， tóu tào shéng suǒ， qù jiàn yǐ sè liè wáng， shuō， wáng dė PŪ rén biàn hā dá shuō， qíu wáng cún líu wǒ dė xìng mìng。 yà hā shuō， tā hái huó zhė ma？ tā shì wǒ dė xiōng dì。

33 Zhè xiē rén líu xīn tàn chū tā dė kǒu qì lái， biàn jí máng jìu zhė tā dė huà shuō， biàn hā dá shì wáng dė xiōng dì。 wáng shuō， nǐ mėn qù qǐng tā lái。 biàn hā dá chū lái jiàn wáng， wáng jìu qǐng tā shàng chē。

34 Biàn hā dá duì wáng shuō， wǒ fù cóng nǐ fù nà lǐ suǒ duó dė chéng YÌ， wǒ bì guī hái。 nǐ kě yǐ zài dà mǎ sè lì jiē shì， xiàng wǒ fù zài sā MǍ lì yà suǒ lì dė yī yàng。 yà hā shuō， wǒ zhào cǐ lì yuē， fàng nǐ huí qù， jìu yǔ tā lì yuē， fàng tā qù lė。

35 Yǒu xiān zhī dė yī gè mén tú fèng YÉ hé huá dė mìng duì tā dė tóng bàn shuō， nǐ dǎ wǒ ba。 nà rén bù kěn dǎ tā。