Ben-hadad, confident his life would be spared, proposed terms of peace in exchange for his freedom. He would restore to Ahab the Israelite cities h…

Make streets—properly, squares, or quarters of a city. This concession implies a virtual acknowledgment of supre…

And [Benhadad] said unto him
The word Benhadad is not in the original text, and some, as Osiander and others, have t…

Sinners have this encouragement to repent and humble themselves before God: Have we not heard that the God of Israel is a merciful God? Have we not…