1 Kings 20:16

WEB

¹⁶They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

KJV

¹⁶And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

BSB

¹⁶They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

FBV

¹⁶They left at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings with him were busy getting drunk in their tents.

Extra References

1 Kings 16:9

⁹His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;

1 Kings 20:11-12

¹¹The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”

¹²When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.

Hosea 4:11

¹¹Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

⁷Moreover the LORD’s word came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.

Proverbs 23:29-32

²⁹Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? ³⁰Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine. ³¹Don’t look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. ³²In the end, it bites like a snake, and poisons like a viper.

Isaiah 54:15

¹⁵Behold, they may gather together, but not by me. Whoever gathers together against you will fall because of you.

Ecclesiastes 10:16-17

¹⁶Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! ¹⁷Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!