1 Kings 20:43 · World English Bible
1 Kings 20:43 Meaning The King of Israel Went
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
What does 1 Kings 20:43 mean?
Domanassa: Unpleasant feeling in the mind Sullenness is a weight felt in the body, and the king carries it the whole road to Samaria. A bandaged stranger said a few words to him and the mood set in like a stone in the stomach.
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Domanassa: Unpleasant feeling in the mind
Sullenness is a weight felt in the body, and the king carries it the whole road to Samaria. A bandaged stranger said a few words to him and the mood set in like a stone in the stomach. Looking at it never occurs to him, so a passing feeling becomes something he keeps house with.
Paṭigha: Aversion, the mind recoiling
Recoil is the movement here. The word arrived and he pushed back against it, and anger of this kind aims at the messenger and the message together, so the verdict never gets examined, only resented. Turning toward home is the body doing what the mind had already done.
Māna: Conceit, the measuring of oneself against others
Measuring is what makes a rebuke unbearable. He is the king of Israel, and a wounded man by the roadside has just tried him and found him guilty, so the drop in standing stings worse than the sentence itself. Sullenness of this shape is wounded pride sitting down in the corner and refusing to speak.
Anusaya: A tendency lying dormant beneath the surface
Moods that go home with you lie down and sleep rather than ending. Ahab takes this one indoors and it will be waiting when Naboth declines to sell his vineyard, rising in the very same shape, sullen and angry, this time over a patch of ground. Each time it is fed it settles a little deeper.
Saṃvega: The shock that turns a person around
Hard news about yourself can land two ways, and one of them wakes you up. "Your life shall go for his life" is the kind of sentence that stops someone on the road and changes the direction of everything after it. Ahab hears it as an insult, rides on to Samaria, and shuts the door.
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Live 1 Kings 20:43 today
- When a bad mood settles after a comment today, stop and look at it instead of carrying it to the car. Feelings you look at pass through, and feelings you feed move in.
- If someone gives you honest criticism, thank them for the content before you deal with your reaction. It costs nothing and it keeps the person willing to tell you the truth next time.
- On the commute home, decide not to take the day's sting through the front door. The people inside did not say the thing, and they should not be paying for it.
What mood have I been keeping house with instead of looking at?
The same truth in other traditions
Stoicism · Epictetus
What upsets you is not the thing said but your judgment about it. If you can look at the judgment, the sting has somewhere to go besides into you.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
If anyone can show you that you are wrong, change gladly, because what you are after is the truth and not the appearance of being right. Only pride makes a true sentence unbearable.
Tao Te Ching 33
Knowing others is cleverness, and knowing yourself is real sight. Mastering others takes force, and governing yourself takes strength of another kind.
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