1 Kings 20:42

And he said unto him, thus saith the Lord,.... He spake not his own sense, and in his own words, but in the name of the Lord, for which he had authority, that it might have the greater weight with…

A man whom I appointed to utter destruction - or to חרם chērem, i. e., a man on whom My curse had been laid (Lev 27:28 note).

Thy life shall go for his life - This was fulfilled at the battle of Ramoth-gilead, where he was slain by the Syrians; see Kg1 22:34, Kg1 22:35.

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…

a man R.V. the man. For the whole multitude, and of course the king above all, had been delivered into Ahab's hand (see 1Ki 20:28), and the victory was to be an evidence that Jehovah had fought for…