1 Reyes 20:1

1 Ben-adad ataca a Samaria
Por ese tiempo, Ben-adad, rey de Aram, movilizó a su ejército con el apoyo de treinta y dos reyes aliados, sus carros de guerra y sus caballos. Sitiaron a Samaria, la capital de Israel, y lanzaron ataques contra la ciudad.

1 Reyes 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 Reyes 20:1 In-Context

1 Ben-adad ataca a Samaria
Por ese tiempo, Ben-adad, rey de Aram, movilizó a su ejército con el apoyo de treinta y dos reyes aliados, sus carros de guerra y sus caballos. Sitiaron a Samaria, la capital de Israel, y lanzaron ataques contra la ciudad.

2 Ben-adad envió mensajeros a la ciudad para que transmitieran el siguiente mensaje al rey Acab de Israel: «Ben-adad dice:

3 “¡Tu plata y tu oro son míos, igual que tus esposas y tus mejores hijos!”».

4 «Está bien, mi señor el rey —respondió el rey de Israel—. ¡Todo lo que tengo es tuyo!».

5 Pronto los mensajeros de Ben-adad regresaron y dijeron: «Ben-adad dice: “Ya te he exigido que me des tu plata, tu oro, tus esposas y tus hijos;