28 Then (A)a man of God approached and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Since the Arameans have said, “(B)The Lord is a god of mountains, but He is not a god of valleys,” therefore (C)I will hand over to you all this great multitude, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” 29 So they camped, one opposite the other, for seven days. And on the seventh day the battle was joined, and the sons of Israel [a]killed of the Arameans a hundred thousand foot soldiers in a single day. 30 But the rest fled to (D)Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, going from one (E)inner room to another.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:29 Lit struck

28 The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god(A) of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know(B) that I am the Lord.’”

29 For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted a hundred thousand casualties on the Aramean foot soldiers in one day. 30 The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek,(C) where the wall collapsed(D) on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid(E) in an inner room.

Read full chapter