1 Kings 20:16-20

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16 H3318 And they went H6672 out at noon. H1130 But Benhadad H8354 was drinking H7910 himself drunk H5521 in the pavilions, H4428 he and the kings, H7970 the thirty H8147 and two H4428 kings H5826 that helped him.

17 H5288 And the young H8269 men of the princes H4082 of the provinces H3318 went H7223 out first; H1130 and Benhadad H7971 sent H5046 out, and they told H559 him, saying, H582 There are men H3318 come H8111 out of Samaria.

18 H559 And he said, H518 Whether H3318 they be come H7965 out for peace, H8610 take H2416 them alive; H518 or whether H3318 they be come H4421 out for war, H8610 take H2416 them alive.

19 H428 So these H5288 young H8269 men of the princes H4082 of the provinces H3318 came H5892 out of the city, H2428 and the army H834 which H310 followed them.

20 H5221 And they slew H376 every H376 one H376 his man: H758 and the Syrians H5127 fled; H3478 and Israel H7291 pursued H1130 them: and Benhadad H4428 the king H758 of Syria H4422 escaped H5921 on H5483 an horse H6571 with the horsemen.

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Ben-hadad.
1 Kings 20:11; 1 Kings 20:12; 1 Kings 16:7; Proverbs 23:29-32; Ecclesiastes 10:16; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Hosea 4:11
the thirty.
Isaiah 54:15The 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 gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone: and in the same hour came forth the finger of a man's hand and wrote his doom on the plaster of the wall. Those who fancy themselves perfectly secure, and above the possibility of falling, are commonly nearest their destruction: there is always an Ahab read to take advantage of and improve the self-imposed imbecility.