Commentary for I Kings 20:34
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֡יו הֶעָרִ֣ים אֲשֶׁר־לָֽקַח־אָבִי֩ מֵאֵ֨ת אָבִ֜יךָ אָשִׁ֗יב וְ֠חוּצוֹת תָּשִׂ֨ים לְךָ֤ בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֤ם אָבִי֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַאֲנִ֖י בַּבְּרִ֣ית אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ וַיִּכְרָת־ל֥וֹ בְרִ֖ית וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (ס)
And [Ben-hadad] 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.’ 'And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant.’ So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
Rashi on I Kings
He [Ben-Hadad] said. Ben-Hadad [said], “The cities that my father took from your father Omri, I will return to you.”
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Rashi on I Kings
And you may establish markets in Damascus. And you rule in it, although it is the capital of my kingdom.23And you can collect taxes from the markets in Damascus.—Radak
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Rashi on I Kings
As my father established in Shomron. Your city, against your will. He was saying all this out of fear. Achov said to him, “And with this treaty I will release you.”
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