1 Kings 20:28 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 20:28

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.’ ”

29 And they encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day.

30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.

Ahab’s Treaty with Ben-Hadad

31 Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us ^aput sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”

32 So they wore sackcloth around their waists and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’ ” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

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Definitions of words in 1 Kings 20:28:

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Aman {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Aman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Because {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Deliver {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Hand {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Hand {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Spoke {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Syrians {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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