1 Kings 20:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Ben-hadad

Hosea 4:11

General references

Proverbs 20:1

Proverbs 31:4

Bible References

Ben-hadad

And the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him, 'Let not him that putteth on his harness boast himself, as he putteth it off.'"

And thereto through the Prophet Jehu the son of Hanani, the word of the LORD came against Baasha and against his house, because of all the wickedness that he did in the sight of the LORD, in angering him with the works of his hands, that he should be like the house of Jeroboam, because he had killed Nabad.

Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?

Woe be unto thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is but a child, and whose princes are early at their banquets.

Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.

General references

Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise.

O Lemuel, give kings no wine, give kings and princes no strong drink;