And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
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Gill's Exposition
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king,.... With a loud voice, signifying he had something to say unto him, at which he stopped:
and he said, thy servant went out into the midst of the…
Adam Clarke
Keep this man - The drift of this is at once seen; but Ahab, not knowing it, was led to pass sentence on himself.
Here is an account of what followed upon the victory which Israel obtained over the Syrians.
I. Ben-hadad's tame and mean submission. Even in his inner chamber he feared, and would, if he could, flee…
Cambridge Bible
cried unto the king The appeal for the king's intervention is made with a view of getting free from the punishment which had been threatened to him.
a man turned aside Evidently meant to indicate one…
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