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 God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And there came a man of God,.... The same as before, Kg1 20:13 or had come (p) before the little army went out to meet the Syrians; though he might go to Ahab when encamped, for his encouragement:…
Barnes' Notes
A man of God - Evidently not the prophet who had spoken to Ahab the year before 1Ki 20:13, 1Ki 20:22. He probably dwelt in the neighborhood of Samaria. Now that Ahab and his army had marched out into…
Adam Clarke
Because the Syrians have said - God resents their blasphemy, and is determined to punish it. They shall now be discomfited in such a way as to show that God's power is every where, and that the…
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
And there came a man of God R.V. And a man of God came near. See on 1Ki 20:13 above.
This was probably a different person from the prophet of 1Ki 20:13; 1Ki 20:22.
and said This is the same word in…
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