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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 20:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 20:16 |
Strong Concordance |
And they went out [03318] at noon [06672]. But Benhadad [01130] was drinking [08354] himself drunk [07910] in the pavilions [05521], he and the kings [04428], the thirty [07970] and two [08147] kings [04428] that helped [05826] him. |
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King James |
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| drinking himself drunk - Ben-hadad meant probably to mark his utter contempt of his foe. Compare the contempt of Belshazzar Dan 5:1-4. |
1 Belshazzar [01113] the king [04430] made [05648] a great [07229] feast [03900] to a thousand [0506] of his lords [07261], and drank [08355] wine [02562] before [06903] the thousand [0506].
2 Belshazzar [01113], whiles he tasted [02942] the wine [02562], commanded [0560] to bring [0858] the golden [01722] and silver [03702] vessels [03984] which his father [02] Nebuchadnezzar [05020] had taken [05312] out of [04481] the temple [01965] which was in Jerusalem [03390]; that the king [04430], and his princes [07261], his wives [07695], and his concubines [03904], might drink [08355] therein.
3 Then [0116] they brought [0858] the golden [01722] vessels [03984] that were taken [05312] out of [04481] the temple [01965] of the house [01005] of God [0426] which was at Jerusalem [03390]; and the king [04430], and his princes [07261], his wives [07695], and his concubines [03904], drank [08355] in them.
4 They drank [08355] wine [02562], and praised [07624] the gods [0426] of gold [01722], and of silver [03702], of brass [05174], of iron [06523], of wood [0636], and of stone [069].