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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 20:39 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 20:39 |
Strong Concordance |
And as the king [04428] passed by [05674], he cried [06817] unto the king [04428]: and he said [0559], Thy servant [05650] went out [03318] into the midst [07130] of the battle [04421]; and, behold, a man [0376] turned aside [05493], and brought [0935] a man [0376] unto me, and said [0559], Keep [08104] this man [0376]: if by any means [06485] he be missing [06485], then shall thy life [05315] be for his life [05315], or else thou shalt pay [08254] a talent [03603] of silver [03701]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| a talent of silver--£342. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| When the king passed by, he cried out to him and related the following fictitious tale: He had gone to the war, and a man had come aside to him (סוּר as in Exo 3:3; Jdg 14:8, etc.), and had given a man (a prisoner) into his care with this command, that he was to watch him, and if he should be missing he was to answer for his life with his own life, or to pay a talent of silver (as a punishment). The rest may be easily imagined, namely the request to be saved from this punishment. Ahab answered (Kg1 20:40), משׁפּטך כּן, "thus thy sentence, thou hast decided," i.e., thou hast pronounced thine own sentence, and must endure the punishment stated. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He said - This relation is a parable; an usual way of instruction in the eastern parts, and most fit for this occasion wherein an obscure prophet was to speak to a great king; impatient of a down - right reproof, and exceeding partial in his own cause. A man - My commander as the manner of expression sheweth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Keep this man - The drift of this is at once seen; but Ahab, not knowing it, was led to pass sentence on himself. |
40 And as thy servant [05650] was busy [06213] here and there, he was gone [0369]. And the king [04428] of Israel [03478] said [0559] unto him, So shall thy judgment [04941] be; thyself hast decided [02782] it.
8 And after a time [03117] he returned [07725] to take [03947] her, and he turned aside [05493] to see [07200] the carcase [04658] of the lion [0738]: and, behold, there was a swarm [05712] of bees [01682] and honey [01706] in the carcase [01472] of the lion [0738].
3 And Moses [04872] said [0559], I will now turn aside [05493], and see [07200] this great [01419] sight [04758], why [04069] the bush [05572] is not burnt [01197].