1 KINGS 20:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.”

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1 Kings 20:16 Translation & Meaning

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And they went out וַיֵּֽצְא֖וּ To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim out
at noon. בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם A light (i.e., window); dual double light, i.e., noon noon
But Ben-hadad הֲדַד֩ Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings, possibly a royal title Benhadad
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
drinking שֹׁתֶ֨ה To imbibe (literally or figuratively) drinking
himself drunk שִׁכּ֜וֹר Intoxicated, as a state or a habit himself drunk
in the pavilions, בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹת A hut or lair pavilions
he ה֧וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are he
and the kings, וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים A king kings
the thirty שְׁלֹשִֽׁים Thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth thirty
and two וּשְׁנַ֥יִם Two; also (as ordinal) twofold two
kings מֶ֖לֶךְ A king kings
that helped עֹזֵ֥ר To surround, i.e., protect or aid helped
him. עֹזֵ֥ר To surround, i.e., protect or aid him

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  • 14  And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

  • 15  Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

  • 16  And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

  • 17  And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

  • 18  And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.




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