1 Kings 20:23
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| Overview - 1 Kings 20 | |
| 1 | Ben-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria. |
| 13 | By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain. |
| 22 | As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him in Aphek. |
| 28 | By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again. |
| 31 | The Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sends Ben-hadad away with a covenant. |
| 35 | The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him. |
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1 Kings 20:23 (King James Version)
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
- Their gods
- It was the general belief in the heathen world, that each district had its tutelary and protecting deity, who could do nothing out of his own province.
- 28 ; 14:23 1 Samuel 4:8 ; 2 Kings 19:12 ; 2 Chronicles 32:13-19 ; Psalms 50:21 Psalms 50:22 ; Psalms 121:1 Psalms 121:2
- Isaiah 42:8