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So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
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The Prideful Humbled
Commentators highlight the dramatic reversal of Ben-hadad's attitude. Once arrogant, he now calls himself Ahab's "servant." His messengers wear sackcloth and ropes on their heads, which scholars explain as symbols of complete surrender and an admission that they deserved death.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ben-hadad is now as humble as Ahab had been a year before (1 Kings 20:9). He professes himself the mere “slave” of his conqueror.
19th Century
Baptist
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads Signifying they…
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