Ben-hadad, disappointed by Ahab’s consent to an indignity that he thought no monarch could endure, proceeds to reinterpret his former demands.

Whatsoever is pleasant. —The demand, which is virtually for the plunder of Samaria, probably neither expects nor desires …

That is always the way with such people: give them an inch, and they take a mile. Ahab had agreed to all that the Syrian king claimed, so now Benha…

Yet I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this
time
He gave him twenty fou…

Benhadad sent Ahab a very insolent demand. Ahab sent a very disgraceful submission; sin brings people into such straits, by putting them out of Div…