1 Kings 20:13

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	נִגַּשׁ֮ ni.Gash	H5066	to be or come (causatively · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
a	אֶחָ֗ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
prophet	נָבִ֣יא na.Vi'	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ahab	אַחְאָ֣ב 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
saying	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
seen	הְֽרָאִ֔יתָ he.ra.'I.ta	H7200	to see · interrogative particle + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
great	הַגָּד֖וֹל ha.ga.Dol	H1419	great (in any sense) · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
multitude	הֶהָמ֥וֹן he.ha.Mon	H1995	a noise · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
deliver	נֹתְנ֤וֹ no.te.No	H5414	to give · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	בְיָֽדְךָ֙ ve.ya.de.Kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
day	הַיּ֔וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
know	וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ ve.ya.da'.Ta	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 20:28 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 Go…
Ezekiel 20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sigh…
Exodus 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus 16:12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be f…
2 Kings 7:1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a s…
Isaiah 7:1-9 And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son…
Isaiah 37:20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
Ezekiel 20:14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:12-21

The treaty between the besiegers and the besieged being broken off abruptly, we have here an account of the battle that ensued immediately. I. The Syrians, the besiegers, had their directions from a drunken king, who gave orders over his cups, as he was drinking (Kg1 20:12), drinking himself drunk (Kg1 20:16) with the kings in the pavilions, and this at noon. Drunkenness is a sin which armies and their officers have of old been addicted to. Say not thou then that the former days were, in this respect, better than these, though these are bad enough. Had he not been very secure he would not have sat to drink; and, had he not bee intoxicated, he would not have been so very secure. Security and…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:13

THE SYRIANS ARE SLAIN. (Kg1 20:13-20) behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab--Though the king and people of Israel had highly offended Him, God had not utterly cast them off. He still cherished designs of mercy towards them, and here, though unasked, gave them a signal proof of His interest in them, by a prophet's animating announcement that the Lord would that day deliver the mighty hosts of the enemy into his hand by means of a small, feeble, inadequate band. Conformably to the prophet's instructions, two hundred thirty-two young men went boldly out towards the camp of the enemy, while seven thousand more, apparently volunteers, followed at some little distance, or posted themselves at th…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:13

There came a prophet - Who this was we cannot tell; Jarchi says it was Micaiah, son of Imlah. It is strange that on such an occasion we hear nothing of Elijah or Elisha. Is it not possible that this was one of them disguised?

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:13

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,.... Supposed by the Jewish writers to be Micaiah the son of Imlah, 1 Kings 22:9 one of those perhaps that Obadiah hid in the cave, and now is sent out publicly on an errand to Ahab: saying, thus saith the Lord, hast thou seen all this great multitude? considered what a vast number Benhadad's army consisted of: behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; as great as it is: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; and not Baal, who can save by few as well as by many, and from a great multitude.

Dictionary and topics

Ahab — Father’s brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence…
Pavilion — A tent or tabernacle (2 Sam. 22:12; 1 Kings 20:12-16), or enclosure (Ps. 18:11; 27:5). In Jer. 43:10 it probably denotes the canopy suspended over the judgement-seat of the king.
Samaria — A watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of Shomeron,” a solitary mountain, a great “mamelon.” It is an oblong…
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of — .Of
Samaria, Ancient · Samaria the capital of: Deliverance of, predicted — Samaria the capital of: Deliverance of, predicted
Syria · The Israelites: Under Ahab encouraged and assisted by God, overcame — The Israelites: Under Ahab encouraged and assisted by God, overcame

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 20:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:12-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:13

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:13

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 20:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:12-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:13

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:13

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 20:1-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 20:13-34

Rashi on 1 Kings 20:13