1 Kings 20:29

And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pitched	וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu	H2583	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	אֵ֦לֶּה 'E.leh	H428	these or those · demonstrative particle
against	נֹ֥כַח No.khach	H5227	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular construct
other	אֵ֖לֶּה 'E.leh	H428	these or those · demonstrative particle
seven	שִׁבְעַ֣ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֑ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
seventh	הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י ha.she.vi.'I	H7637	seventh · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
battle	הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה ha.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
joined	וַתִּקְרַב֙ va.tik.Rav	H7126	to approach (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
children	בְנֵֽי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
slew	וַיַּכּ֨וּ vai.ya.Ku	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Syrians	אֲרָ֛ם 'a.Ram	H758	Aram or Syria · proper noun, a place name
hundred	מֵאָה me.'ah-	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine singular absolute
thousand	אֶ֥לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
footmen	רַגְלִ֖י rag.Li	H7273	a footman (soldier) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
one	אֶחָֽד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
day	בְּי֥וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Joshua 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seve…
1 Samuel 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
2 Samuel 10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote…
2 Chronicles 13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chronicles 20:23-25 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made…
2 Chronicles 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken…
Psalms 10:16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose…

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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 20:27

like two little flocks of kids--Goats are never seen in large flocks, or scattered, like sheep; and hence the two small but compact divisions of the Israelite force are compared to goats, not sheep. Humanly speaking, that little handful of men would have been overpowered by numbers. But a prophet was sent to the small Israelite army to announce the victory, in order to convince the Syrians that the God of Israel was omnipotent everywhere, in the valley as well as on the hills. And, accordingly, after the two armies had pitched opposite each other for seven days, they came to an open battle. One hundred thousand Syrians lay dead on the field, while the fugitives took refuge in Aphek, and ther…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:29

Slew a hundred thousand footmen in one day - This number is enormous; but the MSS. and versions give no various reading.

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:29

And they pitched one over against the other seven days,.... Very probably the Israelites pitched upon an hill, and the Syrians waited till they changed their position, not caring to fall upon them, though so very supernumerary to them, for the reason before given: and so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; or they that made war drew nigh, as the Targum, and both sides engaged in battle: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians 100,000 footmen in one day; which was a prodigious slaughter to be made by so small an army; the hand of the Lord was visible in it.

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…
Joash — Whom Jehovah bestowed. (1.) A contracted form of Jehoash, the father of Gideon (Judg. 6:11, 29; 8:13, 29, 32). (2.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) One of…
Aphek · .Ben-hadad — .Ben-hadad
Syria · The Israelites: Encouraged and assisted by God overcame a second time — The Israelites: Encouraged and assisted by God overcame a second time

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 20:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:22-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:27

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:29

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:29

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 20:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:22-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:27

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 20:29

John Gill on 1 Kings 20:29

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 20:29-30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 20:27-30

Rashi on 1 Kings 20:28