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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 20:16 — 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.
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Ben-hadad
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1Ki 20:11,12; 1Ki 16:7; Pro 23:29-32; Ecc 10:16,17; Hsa 4:11 |
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the thirty
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Isa 54:15; The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a drunken king, who gave orders over his cups, while he was drinking at noon. Drunkenness is a sin which is most detestable in all, but more so in a king than in a private individual, inasmuch as the greater weight a man's situation carries, whether from accumulated riches, family connections, hereditary authority, or invested command, so is the influence which his vices must have on those around him. Perhaps it may be said, from past experience, that drunkenness, which is a most heinous sin in the sight of God, may be charged on those who indulge only now and then in that which may eventually lead them into drunkenness; for they shut their eyes against the most palpable facts, and rather than give up the paltry gratification of a debauch, involve thousands by their example to positive harm. Benhadad's drunkenness was the forerunner of his fall. Belshazzar also, we read, drank wine with his princes, his wives, and his concubines, and praised the |
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1Ki 20:11 |
And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off. |
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1Ki 20:12 |
And it came to pass, when [Benhadad] heard this message, as he [was] drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. And they set [themselves in array] against the city. |
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1Ki 16:7 |
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. |
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Pro 23:29 |
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? |
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Pro 23:30 |
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. |
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Pro 23:31 |
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. |
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Pro 23:32 |
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. |
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Ecc 10:16 |
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! |
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Ecc 10:17 |
Blessed [art] thou, O land, when thy king [is] the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! |
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Hsa 4:11 |
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. |
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Isa 54:15 |
Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Kings 20:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Ki/20/16.html>.
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