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1 Re 20:11
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Il re dIsraele rispose: "Ditegli: "Chi indossa larmatura non si glori come chi la depone"".
E il re d’Israele rispose, e disse: Ditegli: Non gloriisi colui che si allaccia l’armi come colui che le dislaccia.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Let not him: etc. This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it." 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:12, 1 Samuel 14:13, 1 Samuel 17:44-47, Proverbs 27:1, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 10:15, Isaiah 10:16, Matthew 26:33-35, Matthew 26:75
harness: The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French harnois. See note on Exodus 13:18.
Reciprocal: Judges 4:10 - at his Judges 8:6 - General Judges 8:24 - because Judges 9:29 - would to God 2 Samuel 2:31 - three hundred 1 Kings 20:16 - Benhadad 2 Kings 3:21 - put on armour Job 41:8 - General Psalms 10:5 - he puffeth Proverbs 14:16 - the fool Isaiah 8:9 - gird Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Daniel 3:19 - he spake Matthew 26:40 - What Luke 14:31 - General Romans 1:30 - boasters Romans 11:18 - Boast not 1 Corinthians 13:4 - vaunteth not itself
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said,.... Very mildly and very wisely:
tell him, let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off; that is, he that prepares for the battle as he that has got the victory; the sense is, let no man triumph before the battle is over and the victory won; the events of war are uncertain; the battle is not always to the strong.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ahabâs reply has the air of a proverb, with which Orientals always love to answer a foe.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 20:11. Let not him that girdeth on — This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan translates, "Tell him, Let not him who girds himself and goes down to the battle, boast as he who has conquered and returned from it."
