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1 Paralipomenon 20:32

Accinxerunt saccis lumbos suos et posuerunt funes in capitibus suis veneruntque ad regem Israel et dixerunt: "Servus tuus Benadad dicit: "Vivat, oro te, anima mea"". Et ille ait: "Si adhuc vivit, frater meus est".

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cord;   Diplomacy;   Kindness;   Magnanimity;   Rope;   Sackcloth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Benhadad;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Servants;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aphek;   Ben-Hadad;   Sack, Sackcloth;   Samaria;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ben-hadad;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Servant, Service;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captive;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Covenant;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Soul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benhadad ;   Samaria ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'hab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alliance;   Dress;   Loins;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aphek, the Battle of;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Accinxerunt saccis lumbos suos, et posuerunt funiculos in capitibus suis, veneruntque ad regem Isral, et dixerunt ei : Servus tuus Benadad dicit : Vivat, oro te, anima mea. Et ille ait : Si adhuc vivit, frater meus est.
Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Accinxerunt saccis lumbos suos, et posuerunt funiculos in capitibus suis, veneruntque ad regem Isral, et dixerunt ei: Servus tuus Benadad dicit: Vivat, oro te, anima mea. Et ille ait: Si adhuc vivit, frater meus est.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thy servant: 1 Kings 20:3-6, Job 12:17, Job 12:18, Job 40:11, Job 40:12, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 10:12, Daniel 5:20-23, Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:4

he is my brother: 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Samuel 15:8-20

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:28 - wilt Genesis 32:4 - servant 1 Kings 18:22 - I only 2 Kings 10:5 - We are thy servants 2 Kings 16:7 - I am thy servant

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads,.... Signifying they came to surrender themselves to him as his captives and prisoners, and he might do with them as seemed good to him, hang them up if he pleased, for which they brought ropes with them, as a token that they deserved it, see Isaiah 20:2,

and came to the king of Israel, and said, thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee let me live: he that a little while ago insolently demanded his wives, and children, and silver, and gold, as his property, now is his humble servant, and begs, not for his crown and kingdom, but for his life:

and he said, is he yet alive? he is my brother; which was intimating at once, that not only they might expect he would spare his life, who seemed to be so glad that he was alive, but that he would show him more favour, having a great affection for him as his brother; this was a very foolish expression from a king in his circumstances, with respect to one who had given him so much trouble and distress, and had behaved with so much haughtiness and contempt towards him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ben-hadad is now as humble as Ahab had been a year before 1 Kings 20:9. He professes himself the mere “slave” of his conqueror.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. Thy servant Ben-hadad — See the vicissitude of human affairs! A little before he was the haughtiest of all tyrants, and Ahab calls him his lord; now, so much is he humbled, that he will be glad to be reputed Ahab's slave!


 
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