And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
Benhadad king of Syria came up with thirty-two kings and besieged Samaria. Two hundred and thirty-two princes of the provinces led a sortie out of Samaria, and the Syrians fled with Benhadad escaping on a horse. The next year the children of Israel pitched before the Syrians like two little flocks of kids while the Syrians filled the country, and in the joined battle one hundred thousand Syrian footmen fell, after which Benhadad fled to Aphek and then surrendered to the king of Israel.
In the verse the king of Israel answers the Syrian king's demand with submission, acknowledging him as lord and yielding himself and all that he owns according to the demand. Despite that submission, God nevertheless gave Ahab victory over Ben-hadad. Ahab knew the victory came from Jehovah, and it stands as another effort by God to win the weak Ahab.
Ahab was a king who knowingly and stubbornly chose idolatry, selling himself to the worship of heathen gods instead of remaining faithful to Jehovah. The charge of having sold himself originates with him. His rule stands as an example of deliberate moral failure despite his opportunities and success as a ruler.
Benhadad king of Syria came up with thirty-two kings and besieged Samaria. Two hundred and thirty-two princes of the provinces led a sortie out of Samaria, and the Syrians fled with Benhadad escaping on a horse. The next year the children of Israel pitched before the Syrians like two little flocks of kids while the Syrians filled the country, and in the joined battle one hundred thousand Syrian footmen fell, after which Benhadad fled to Aphek and then surrendered to the king of Israel.
In the verse the king of Israel answers the Syrian king's demand with submission, acknowledging him as lord and yielding himself and all that he owns according to the demand. Despite that submission, God nevertheless gave Ahab victory over Ben-hadad. Ahab knew the victory came from Jehovah, and it stands as another effort by God to win the weak Ahab.
Ahab was a king who knowingly and stubbornly chose idolatry, selling himself to the worship of heathen gods instead of remaining faithful to Jehovah. The charge of having sold himself originates with him. His rule stands as an example of deliberate moral failure despite his opportunities and success as a ruler.