1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ¹  and besieged and attacked it. ² 

1 Kings 20:16

20:16 They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily ³  in their quarters. ⁴ 

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ⁵  fight only the king of Israel.”

Proverbs 21:30

21:30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding,

and there is no counsel against ⁶  the Lord. ⁷ 

[20:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ² tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:16]  ³ tn Heb “drinking and drunken.”

[20:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.

[22:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “small or great.”

[21:30]  ⁶ tn The form לְנֶגֶד (lÿneged) means “against; over against; in opposition to.” The line indicates they cannot in reality be in opposition, for human wisdom is nothing in comparison to the wisdom of God (J. H. Greenstone, Proverbs, 232).

[21:30]  ⁷ sn The verse uses a single sentence to state that all wisdom, understanding, and advice must be in conformity to the will of God to be successful. It states it negatively – these things cannot be in defiance of God (e.g., Job 5:12-13; Isa 40:13-14).