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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 22:31 - Strong Concordance

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1Ki 22:31 Strong Concordance But the king [04428] of Syria [0758] commanded [06680] his thirty [07970] and two [08147] captains [08269] that had rule over his chariots [07393], saying [0559], Fight [03898] neither with small [06996] nor great [01419], save only with the king [04428] of Israel [03478].
  King James But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Commanded - "Had commanded." Ben-hadad delivers his order in the hyperbolical style common in the East. His meaning is, "Make it your chief object to kill or take the king of Israel." Apparently, his own defeat and captivity were still rankling in his mind, and he wished to retaliate on Ahab, the humiliation which he considered himself to have suffered. He shows small appreciation of the generosity which had spared his life and restored him to his kingdom.
 
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