1 Kings 20:22

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 thee.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
prophet	הַנָּבִיא֙ ha.na.Vi'	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
came	וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ vai.yi.Gash	H5066	to be or come (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
strengthen	הִתְחַזַּ֔ק hit.cha.Zak	H2388	to fasten upon · verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
mark	וְדַ֥ע ve.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
see	וּרְאֵ֖ה u.re.'Eh	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
doest	תַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה ta.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
return	לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת lit.shu.Vat	H8666	a recurrence (of time or place) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
year	הַשָּׁנָ֔ה ha.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Syria	אֲרָ֖ם 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
up	עֹלֶ֥ה 'o.Leh	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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

2 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him,…
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…
1 Kings 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
1 Chronicles 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and was…
1 Kings 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine al…
1 Kings 20:38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate…
2 Kings 6:12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:22-30

We have here an account of another successful campaign which Ahab, by divine aid, made against the Syrians, in which he gave them a greater defeat than in the former. Strange! Ahab idolatrous and yet victorious, a persecutor and yet a conqueror! God has wise and holy ends in suffering wicked men to prosper, and glorifies his own name thereby. I. Ahab is admonished by a prophet to prepare for another war, Kg1 20:22. It should seem, he was now secure, and looked but a little way before him. Those that are careless of their souls are often as careless of their outwards affairs; but the prophet (to whom God made known the following counsels of the Syrians) told him they would renew their attempt…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:22

the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said--The same prophet who had predicted the victory shortly reappeared, admonishing the king to take every precaution against a renewal of hostilities in the following campaign. at the return of the year--that is, in spring, when, on the cessation of the rainy season, military campaigns (Sa2 11:1), were anciently begun. It happened as the prophet had forewarned. Brooding over their late disastrous defeat, the attendants of Ben-hadad ascribed the misfortune to two causes--the one arose from the principles of heathenism which led them to consider the gods of Israel as "gods of the hills"; whereas their power to aid the Israelites would be gone if…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:20

The Syrians fled - They were doubtless panic-struck.

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:22

And the prophet came to the king of Israel,.... The same that came to him before: and said unto him, go, strengthen thyself; exhorted him to fortify his cities, especially Samaria, and increase his army, that he might be able to oppose the king of Syria: and mark, and see what thou doest: observe his moral and religious actions, and take heed that he did not offend the Lord by them, as well as make military preparations: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee; about the same time in the next year, at the spring of the year, when kings go out to war, see 2 Samuel 11:1.

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…
Israel, Prophecies Concerning · .Of — .Of
Syria · The Israelites: Forewarned of invasion by, at the return of the year — The Israelites: Forewarned of invasion by, at the return of the year

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 20:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:22-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:22

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:20

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:22

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1 Kings 20:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:22-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:22

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:20

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:22

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 20:1-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 20:20-22

Rashi on 1 Kings 20:22