1 Kings 20:26

24 So do this thing: Dismiss the kings, each from his position, and put captains in their¹ places;

25 and you shall muster an army like the army¹ that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

26 So it was, in the spring of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to ^aAphek to fight against Israel.

27 And the children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and they went against them. Now the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the ^acountryside.

28 Then a ^aman of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,” therefore ^bI will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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1 Kings 20:26

Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians , and went up to Aphek - There were several towns of this name; see the notes on Joshua 12:18. It is supposed that the town mentioned here was situated in Libanus, upon the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Kings 20:26:

Joshua 12:18
Joshua 13:4

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