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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city,.... First, as before observed, and marched forwards towards the Syrian camp: and the army which followed them; consisting of 7000 men.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the King of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they slew everyone his man,.... The Syrian army, or at least a body of men detached from them, met them, opposed them, and fought them, and they slew of them 7232 men; as many as they themselves were: and the Syrians fled; not expecting such a rebuff: and Israel pursued them; to make some further advantage of their victory: and Benhadad the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the king of Israel went out,.... Of Samaria; when he saw the Syrians fleeing, and his army pursuing, he went forth, perhaps, with more forces, who were now willing to join with him; Josephus (c) says, Ahab had another army within the walls: and smote the horses and chariots; that is, the men that rode on horses; and in chariots, the Syrian...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Another year would bring another war, so they must be prepared.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him,.... His ministers of state, his privy counsellors: their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they were stronger than we; and beat them in the last battle; this notion they might receive from what they had heard of Jehovah delivering the law on Mount Sinai to Moses, and of the miraculous things...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. It was a current heathenish idea, that there was one god for a mountain, another for a stream, another for a plain; and these men imagined...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And do this thing,.... Also take this further piece of advice: take the kings away, every man out of his place: for being brought up delicately, they were not inured to war, nor expert in the art of it; and being addicted to pleasure, gave themselves to that, and drew the king into it, which they observed was the case before, though they did not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: “Do not let the kings, who have their own armies, govern them, for that creates divisions in the camp; but appoint captains in their place.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And number thee an army like the army that thou hast lost,.... Raise an army of an equal number, which they supposed he was able to do: horse for horse and chariot for chariot; as many horses and chariots as he had before: and we will fight against them in the plain; where they could make use of their horses and chariots to greater advantage than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass at the return of the year,.... In the spring, or autumn, as some think, [See comments on 2 Samuel 11:1] that Benhadad numbered the Syrians; took a muster of his army, to see if he had got the number he had before: and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel; not that in Judah, Joshua 15:53, rather that in Asher, Joshua 19:30,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present,.... The same as before; the two hundred and thirty two young men of the princes of the provinces, and 7000 of the people, not one was missing: and went against them; out of Samaria, towards Aphek: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids: being few...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; A herd of goats was seldom very large, and the whole of the Israelites put together seemed only “like two little flocks of kids;” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the Syrians filled the country. 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. See how good came...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And there came a man of God,.... The same as before, 1 Kings 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: 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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city,.... Which perhaps was in the hands of the Syrians, and was designed for a retreat for them, should they be beaten: and there a wall fell upon twenty seven thousand of the men that were left; not slain in the battle; here again the Lord might be seen, who, as Abarbinel observes, fought from heaven, and...