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Defeat Through Drunkenness ( World’s Temperance Lesson.)
NOVEMBER 4, 1917. LESSON V. 1 Kings 20:1-21. (Memorize vs. 10, fl.) . G olden T e x t : “Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.”—1 Kings 20:11.
DAILY BIBLE READINGS Mon., Oct. 29—1 Kings 20:1-10. (The Lesson). Tues., Oct. 30—1 Kings 20:11-21. (The Lesson).
Wed., Oct. 31—Isaiah 2 :5-17. Thurs., Nov. 1—Luke IS :11-16. Fri., Nov. 2—Luke IS :17-32. Sat., Nov. 3—Isaiah 5 :11-17, 22-24. Sun., Nov. 4—Psalm 1.
EXPOSITION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
and take it away. Then the king'of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief', for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor (thou not, neither) consent. Where fore he said unto the messengers of Ben- hadad, Tell my lord the king, A ll that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.” This lesson has for its( title “Defeat Through Drunkenness” and is chosen at this time primarily as a Temperance Les son, but Ben-hadad’s defeat was not so much through drunkenness as through something far more fundamental and se rious than drunkenness, it was through con tempt for Jehovah (vs. 13, 23). Ben-hadad treated King Ahab with utter contempt. He seemed to have ground for his contempt;
vs. 1-9. "And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together', and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, (omit ,) and chariots', and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred (fought) against it. And he sent messen gers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy .saying, I am (it is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am) thine, and all that I have. And the messenger came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent (I send indeed) unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver ,and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; Yet (but) I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their'hand,
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