1 Kings 20:16 Cross References - NSB

¹⁶ In the middle of the day they went out. But Benhadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

⁷ The word of Jehovah came to the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani. This was a warning against Baasha and his family because of all the evil he did in the eyes of Jehovah. He made Jehovah angry by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he killed him.

⁹ His servant Zimri, commander of half his war-carriages made plans to kill him. He was in Tirzah, drinking hard at the house of Arza, controller of the king's house in Tirzah.

¹¹ The king of Israel responded: »It is said, let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.« ¹² Benhadad heard this when he and his allies were drinking in their tents. He told his officers to get ready. So they got prepared to attack the city.

²⁹ Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has discord? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? ³⁰ Those who stay long at the wine. They seek mixed wine. ³¹ Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. ³² In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like a viper.

¹⁶ Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and your princes eat in the morning! ¹⁷ You are blessed, O land, when your king is the son of nobles and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

¹⁵ »If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing. Whoever attacks you will surrender to you.«

¹¹ Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.