1 KINGS 20:34

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“And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.”

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1 Kings 20:34 Translation & Meaning

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And said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
Ben-hadad (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
unto אֵלָ֡יו Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
him, The cities, הֶֽעָרִ֣ים A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) cities
which אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
my father אָבִי֩ Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
took לָֽקַח To take (in the widest variety of applications) took
from מֵאֵ֨ת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) from
thy father, אָבִ֜יךָ Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
I will restore; אָשִׁ֗יב To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again restore
and thou shalt make תָּשִׂ֨ים To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) make
streets וְ֠חֻצוֹת Properly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors streets
for thee in Damascus, בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ Damascus, a city of Syria Damascus
as כַּֽאֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc as
my father אָבִי֙ Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
made שָׂ֤ם To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) made
in Samaria. בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן Shomeron, a place in Palestine Samaria
Then I וַֽאֲנִ֖י I Then
said Ahab, (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
will send thee away אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) send away
with this covenant. בַּבְּרִ֣ית A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) covenant
So he made וַיִּכְרָת To cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) made
a covenant בְרִ֖ית A compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) covenant
with him, and sent him away. וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) sent away

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  • 32  So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

  • 33  Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

  • 34  And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

  • 35  And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

  • 36  Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.




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