1 Reyes 20:42

42 Y le dijo al rey:—Así dice el SEÑOR: “Has dejado en libertad a un hombre que yo había condenado a muerte.^[a] Por lo tanto, pagarás su vida con la tuya, y su pueblo con el tuyo”.

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 Mientras este servidor de Su Majestad estaba ocupado en otras cosas, el hombre se escapó.—¡Esa es tu sentencia! —respondió el rey de Israel—. Tú mismo has tomado la decisión.

41 En el acto, el profeta se quitó el antifaz, y el rey de Israel se dio cuenta de que era uno de los profetas.

42 Y le dijo al rey:—Así dice el SEÑOR: “Has dejado en libertad a un hombre que yo había condenado a muerte. Por lo tanto, pagarás su vida con la tuya, y su pueblo con el tuyo”.

43 Entonces el rey de Israel, deprimido y malhumorado, volvió a su palacio en Samaria.

Footnotes

• [a]. "un hombre " "… " "muerte" . Lit. "al hombre de mi destrucción" .