39<\/strong>. cried unto the king<\/em> ] The appeal for the king’s intervention is made with a view of getting free from the punishment which had been threatened to him.<\/p>\n a man turned aside<\/em> ] Evidently meant to indicate one of authority who had a right to command the services which he desires and to impose a penalty if they be not fulfilled. In the interpretation he represents Jehovah.<\/p>\n be missing<\/em> ] i.e. When I come to ask for the prisoner whom I trusted to your hands.<\/p>\n a talent of silver<\/em> ] The fine was large to mark the importance of the trust.<\/p>\n Verse 39. Keep this man<\/B><\/I>] The drift of this is at once seen; but Ahab, not knowing it, was led to pass sentence on himself.<\/P> <\/p>\n Thy servant went out:<\/B> this following relation is not an untruth, but a parable; a usual way of instruction in the eastern parts, and ancient times, and most fit for this occasion, wherein an obscure prophet was to speak to a great king; whose ears were tender, and impatient of a downright reproof, and exceeding partial in his own cause; who by this artifice is made to condemn himself before he was aware of it, and so forced to receive the prophets just sentence with more patience and moderation: compare 1Sa 12<\/span>; 1Sa 14<\/span>. <\/P> A man turned aside; <\/B>my commander or superior, as the manner of his expression here following showeth. <\/P> Then shall thy life be for his life; <\/B>thou shalt die in his stead; as below, 1Ki 20:42<\/span>; compare Exo 21:23<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 39. a talent of silver<\/B>342.<\/P><\/p>\n And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king<\/strong>,…. With a loud voice, signifying he had something to say unto him, at which he stopped:<\/p>\n and he said, thy servant went out into the midst of the battle<\/strong>; this was not real, but fictitious, an apologue, fable, or parable, by which he would represent to Ahab his own case, and bring him under conviction of his folly, just as Nathan dealt with David:<\/p>\n and, behold, a man turned aside<\/strong>; a superior officer in the army:<\/p>\n and brought a man unto me<\/strong>; he had made a prisoner of:<\/p>\n and said, keep this man<\/strong>; do not let him escape:<\/p>\n if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver<\/strong>; if he let him go willingly, or by any means he should get out of his hands, then he should either die for it, or be fined a talent of silver, which of our money is three hundred and seventy five pounds; and to this it seems he agreed.<\/p>\n When the king passed by, he cried out to him and related the following fictitious tale: He had gone to the war, and a man had come aside to him ( as in Exo 3:3<\/span>; Jdg 14:8<\/span>, etc.), and had given a man (a prisoner) into his care with this command, that he was to watch him, and if he should be missing he was to answer for his life with his own life, or to pay a talent of silver (as a punishment). The rest may be easily imagined, namely the request to be saved from this punishment. Ahab answered (1Ki 20:40<\/span>), , “thus thy sentence, thou hast decided,” i.e., thou hast pronounced thine own sentence, and must endure the punishment stated.<\/p>\n (39) Thy servant.<\/strong>The parable is, of course, designed (like those of 2Sa. 12:1-4<\/span>; 2Sa. 14:5-11<\/span>) to make Ahab condemn himself. In Ahab, however, it excites not compunction, but characteristic sullenness of displeasure, like that of 1Ki. 21:4<\/span>.<\/p>\n 39<\/strong>. <\/strong> He cried unto the king <\/strong> His measure to elicit from Ahab his own condemnation is like that of Nathan to make David pronounce judgment on himself. Compare 2Sa 12:1-12<\/span>. <\/p>\n A talent of silver <\/strong> About one thousand seven hundred dollars. A sum, says Keil, “not to be procured by a poor man, so that he must certainly have answered with his life, for the prisoner escaped.”<\/p>\n 1Ki 20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.<\/p>\n Ver. 39. Thy servant went ont.<\/strong> ] Parabolically all, as 1Sa 12:1-2<\/span><\/em> , &c., See Trapp on “<\/em> 1Sa 12:1 ” &c<\/em> to bring Ahab to pass an impartial sentence against himself, in the person of another.<\/p>\n Thy servant: Jdg 9:7-20, 2Sa 12:1-7, 2Sa 14:5-7, Mar 12:1-12 <\/p>\n thy life: 1Ki 20:42, 2Ki 10:24 <\/p>\n or else: Exo 21:30, Job 36:18, Psa 49:7, Pro 6:35, Pro 13:8, 1Pe 1:18, 1Pe 1:19 <\/p>\n pay: Heb. weigh <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jos 2:14 – for yours 2Ki 5:22 – a talent Jer 32:9 – weighed<\/p>\n 1Ki 20:39. And he said, Thy servant, &c. This relation is a parable; a usual way of instruction in the eastern parts, and most fit for this occasion, wherein an obscure prophet was to speak to a great king, impatient of a downright reproof, and exceeding partial in his own cause. A man turned aside and said, Keep, &c. His commander said this unto him, as the manner of expression shows. The king of Israel said, So shall thy judgment be Thou hast pronounced thy own sentence. According to your agreement; so shalt thou suffer. Thou shalt lose thy life, or pay the talent or silver. Ahab had forgot how he had dismissed a greater person willingly, or else he could scarcely have been so hard-hearted as to condemn one that had offended unwillingly. But the prophet soon brought it to his remembrance.<\/p>\n 20:39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, {s} Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.<\/p>\n (s) By this parable he makes Ahab condemn himself who made a covenant with God’s enemy, and let him escape whom God had appointed to be slain.<\/p>\n And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 20:39”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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