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Verse 28. _BECAUSE THE SYRIANS HAVE SAID_] God resents their
blasphemy, and is determined to punish it. They shall now be
discomfited in such a way as to show that God's power is every where,
and that...
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A MAN OF GOD - Evidently not the prophet who had spoken to Ahab the
year before 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:22. He probably dwelt in the
neighborhood of Samaria. Now that Ahab and his army had marched o...
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4. KING AHAB: HIS WICKED REIGN AND END
CHAPTER 20 Ahab's War with the Syrians and His Victory
_ 1. The siege and relief of Samaria (1 Kings 20:1)_
2. The victory at Aphek (1 Kings 20:22)
3. A prop...
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AHAB'S VICTORY OVER BEN-HADAD. Chs. 20 and 22 come from another
source. Elijah does not appear, the religious interest is less
prominent, and Ahab is presented in a far less hostile light. He acts
as...
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MAN OF GOD. a prophet. See App-49.
YE SHALL KNOW. Septuagint reads "so shalt thou know". Compare 1 Kings
20:13 above....
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_And there came a man of God_ R.V. AND A MAN OF GOD CAME NEAR. See on
1 Kings 20:13 above.
This was probably a different person from the prophet of 1 Kings
20:13; 1 Kings 20:22.
_and said_ This is th...
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B. THE BATTLE OF APHEK 20:23-43
It was not long before the intelligence reports reaching Ahab's
military advisers confirmed the warnings of the man of God. Benhadad
was massing new troops, reorganizin...
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_AND THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD, AND SPAKE UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND
SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, BECAUSE THE SYRIANS HAVE SAID, THE LORD IS
GOD OF THE HILLS, BUT HE IS NOT GOD OF THE VALLEYS, THEREFORE...
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WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA
The Syrians besiege Samaria, but a sally being made from the city by
the direction of a prophet, they are driven off, and the next year are
beaten at Aphek. Ahab, having...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 20
GOD ALLOWS AHAB’S ARMY TO DEFEAT THE ARMY FROM SYRIA
V1 Benhadad, king of Syria gathered his whole army. Then 32 other
kings with the...
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(28)A MAN OF GOD — apparently not the same as before. We see from 1
Kings 20:35 that the prophetic order was now numerous. The vindication
of the majesty of God before the Syrians, as well as before I...
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וַ יִּגַּ֞שׁ אִ֣ישׁ הָ אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַ
יֹּאמֶר֮
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AHAB AND BENHADAD
1 Kings 20:1
IN the Septuagint and in Josephus the events narrated in the twentieth
chapter of the Book of Kings are placed after the meeting of Elijah
with Ahab at the door of Nabo...
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A PROSPEROUS NATION
1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 20:1; 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 22:1
What a picture is here given of national contentment and
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THE GOD BOTH OF HILLS AND VALLEYS
1 Kings 20:16
What is God to us? Is He only the God of the hills? We expect religion
to serve us when we come to the great summits of experience. There are
times of...
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Here begins the actual movement in the downfall of Ahab. Ben-hadad,
drunken, profligate, despotic, came in the pride of arms against
Samaria. By the voices of prophets Jehovah spoke to Ahab, who, acti...
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And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and
said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD
[is] God of the hills, but he [is] not God of the valleys, theref...
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_Lord. Many favours were bestowed on Achab, but he died impenitent.
(Worthington)_...
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(22) В¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto
him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at
the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against t...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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According to the outward history of Israel, that which follows the
revelations made to Elijah in Horeb looks like a time of restoration
and blessing; and outwardly it was so. Benhadad is overcome and...
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AND THERE CAME A MAN OF GOD,.... The same as before, 1 Kings 20:13 or
had come p before the little army went out to meet the Syrians; though
he might go to Ahab when encamped, for his encouragement:...
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_Because the Syrians have said_, &c. What they had said, this man of
God knew, either from common report, strengthened by their present
choice of plain ground for the battle; or rather, by revelation...
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1 Benhadad not content with Ahabs hommage, besiegeth Samaria.
13 By the direction of a Prophet, the Syrians are slaine.
22 As the Prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians trusting in the
valleys, come a...
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And there came a man of God, the same prophet once more, AND SPAKE
UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, AND SAID, THUS SAITH THE LORD, BECAUSE THE
SYRIANS HAVE SAID, THE LORD IS GOD OF THE HILLS, BUT HE IS NOT GO...
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Benhadad's Second Defeat, Capture, and Release...
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AHAB DEFEATS SYRIA
(vs.1-22)
God's care for His people Israel is still remarkably displayed in this
chapter in spite of the unholy character of Ahab. Ben Hadad, king of
Syria, marshaled a tremendous...
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22-30 Those about Benhadad advised him to change his ground. They take
it for granted that it was not Israel, but Israel's gods, that beat
them; but they speak very ignorantly of Jehovah. They suppose...
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BECAUSE THE SYRIANS HAVE SAID; which he knew, either by common report,
strengthened by their present choice of a plain ground for the battle;
or rather, by revelation from God, who discovered their se...
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1 Kings 20:28 man H376 God H430 came H5066 (H8799) spoke H559 (H8799)
king H4428 Israel H3478 said...
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WAR WITH BENHADAD KING OF ARAM (1 KINGS 20:1).
There is no indication at what point in Ahab's reign these events
occurred, but a situation is indicated where the power of the
Aramaeans had now grown s...
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YHWH THWARTS BENHADAD'S SECOND ATTEMPT ON ISRAEL (1 KINGS 20:22).
It was not likely that Benhadad would take this reverse lightly. While
his forces had fled in panic with the result that he had forfei...
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CONTENTS: Ahab's Syrian campaigns and victories. His sin in sparing
Ben-hadad.
CHARACTERS: God, Ahab, Ben-hadad, two prophets.
CONCLUSION: Enemies are more than a match for us, but no match for
Jeho...
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1 Kings 20:3. _Thy gold thy wives are mine._ The African princes still
send similar messages to one another. Mungo Park mentions one who sent
an order to a neighbouring prince to have the houses all m...
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_Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is the God of the hills._
GOD OF THE HILLS AND GOD OF THE VALLEYS
I. We may limit the Lord by mistrusting the success of His cause. The
temptation is at times...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:1 After Elijah’s recruitment of Elisha,
one expects to read of his anointing of Hazael as king over Syria and
of Jehu as king over Israel (compare 1 Kings 19:15). Instead
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 20:28 GOD OF THE HILLS... NOT A GOD OF THE
VALLEYS. God will prove that the Syrians’ notions about him are
false.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 20:22. AT THE RETURN OF THE YEAR—לִתְשׁוּבת
השָׁנָה. with the beginning of the year—the spring—until
which time the winter rains would prevent another campaig...
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EXPOSITION
THE INVASIONS OF ISRAEL BY THE SYRIANS AND THEIR RESULTS.—The
insertion of this chapter, which contains an account of two invasions
of Israel by the hosts of Syria, and of the utter defeat...
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Now Benhadad who was presently the king of Syria gathered all of his
host together: and there were thirty-two kings that went with him,
with their horses, and chariots: and they came up and besieged
S...
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1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:22; 1 Kin