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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Go, strengthen thyself ... - That is, “collect troops, raise fortifications, obtain allies ... take all the measures thou canst to increase thy military strength. Be not rash, but consider well every…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The Syrians prepare another army, and are again defeated. ahab makes a covenant with Ben-hadad (Not in Chronicles)
22. the prophet came to the king R.V. came near as in 1Ki 20:13; 1Ki 20:28. See on…
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