Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 20:34

34 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father , I will restore, and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant . So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

Either, 1. From Baasha, Chap. 15. 20. whom he calls Ahabs Father, because he was his Legal Father; i. e. His Predecessor. Or, 2. From Omri; in whose time, it seems, he made a successful Invasion into the Land of Israel, and took some more of the Cities, and Aphek amongst the rest; though it be not elsewhere Recorded in Scripture.

Or, markets, &c. places where thou mayst either receive the Tribute which I promise to pay thee, or exercise Judicature upon my Subjects in case of their Refusal. Or outlets (as the LXX render it) in or into Damascus; i. e. Some strong Fort near Damascus, which might curb the Kings of Damascus, and keep them from Attempting any other Invasion into the Land of Israel.

He takes no notice of his Blasphemy against God; nor of the vast Injuries which his People had suffered from him, but onely minds his own Grandure, and the advancement of his Power.