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1 Kings 20

1 Kings 20:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they went out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
at noon
tsohar (Hebrew #6672)
a light (i.e. window): dual double light, i.e. noon
KJV usage: midday, noon(-day, -tide), window.
Pronounce: tso'-har
Origin: from 6671
. But Ben-hadad
Ben-Hadad (Hebrew #1130)
son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
KJV usage: Ben-hadad.
Pronounce: ben-had-ad'
Origin: from 1121 and 1908
was drinking
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
u himself drunk
shikkowr (Hebrew #7910)
from 7937; intoxicated, as a state or a habit
KJV usage: drunk(-ard, -en, -en man).
Pronounce: shik-kore'
Origin: or shikkor {shik-kore'}
in the pavilions
cukkah (Hebrew #5521)
a hut or lair
KJV usage: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: sook-kaw'
Origin: fem of 5520
, he and the kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
, the thirty
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
and two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
v that helped
`azar (Hebrew #5826)
to surround, i.e. protect or aid
KJV usage: help, succour.
Pronounce: aw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
him.
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1 Kings 20:12• 12And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. (1 Kings 20:12)
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1 Kings 16:9• 9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. (1 Kings 16:9)
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Prov. 23:29‑32• 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
 30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Prov. 23:29‑32)
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Hos. 4:11• 11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. (Hos. 4:11)
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Isa. 54:15• 15Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. (Isa. 54:15)

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Ben-hadad.
1 Kings 20:11‑12• 11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
 12And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. (1 Kings 20:11‑12)
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1 Kings 16:7• 7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. (1 Kings 16:7)
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Prov. 23:29‑32• 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
 30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. (Prov. 23:29‑32)
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Eccl. 10:16‑17• 16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
 17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! (Eccl. 10:16‑17)
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Hos. 4:11• 11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. (Hos. 4:11)
the thirty.
Isa. 54:15• 15Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. (Isa. 54:15)
The 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.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.