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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 20:32 - 20:32
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put ropes on their heads - Captives were dragged by ropes round their necks in companies, as is depicted on the monuments of Egypt. Their voluntary attitude and language of submission flattered the pride of Ahab, who, little concerned about the dishonor done to the God of Israel by the Syrian king, and thinking of nothing but victory, paraded his clemency, called the vanquished king “his brother,” invited him to sit in the royal chariot, and dismissed him with a covenant of peace.