31But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-40)The matter in contest between God’s prophet and Ahab’s prophets is here soon determined, and it is made to appear which was in the right. Here, I. The two kings march with their forces to Ramoth-Gilead, 1 Kgs. 22:29. That the king of Israel, who hated God’s prophet, should so far disbelieve his admonition as to persist in his resolution, notwithstanding, is not strange; but that Jehoshaphat, that…
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