1 Kings 20:12
Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.
Note Or in Succoth; also in verse 16
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad 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.
Note message: Heb. word
Note pavilions: or, tents
Note Set yourselves…: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines
When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad 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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- message
- Heb. word. drinking.
- 1 Kings 20:16; 1 Kings 16:9; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; Proverbs 31:4, 5; Daniel 5:2, 30; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18
- pavilions
- or, tents. That persons of regal dignity regaled themselves in this manner, we may learn from Dr. Chandler, who, when he went to visit the Aga of Suki, after his return from hawking, found him vexed and tired; and "a couch was prepared from him beneath a shed made against a cottage, and covered with green boughs to keep off the sun. He entered as we were standing by, and fell down on it to sleep, without taking any notice of us."
- Jeremiah 43:10