C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 1 Kings 20:8-9
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1 Kings20:8-9
1Ki 20:8-9
The elders and all the people, i.e., the citizens of Samaria. advised that his demand should not be granted. תאמה ולא אל־תּשׁמע, “hearken not (to him), and thou wilt not be willing” (ולא is stronger than אל; yet compare Ewald, §350, a.); whereupon Ahab sent the messengers away with this answer, that he would submit to the first demand, but that the second he could not grant.
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