1 Kings 20:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 20:15

So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all.

BSB

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ASV

Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

KJV

Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Seven thousand - Considering how populous Palestine was in the time of the earlier Israelite kings (see 2Ch 13:3; 2Ch 14:8; 2Ch 17:14-18), the smallness of this number is somewhat surprising. If the reading be sound, we must suppose, first, that Ben-hadad’s attack was very sudden, and that Ahab had no time to collect forces from distant parts of the country; and secondly, that during the long siege the garrison of Samaria had been greatly reduced, until it now did not exceed 7,000 men fit for service.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is observable that it is the same number with theirs that he not bowed the knee to Baal ( ch. xix. 18 ), though, it is likely, not the same men. The issue was accordingly.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This glorious victory, won so easily, and with such a paltry force opposed to overwhelming numbers, was granted that Ahab and his people might know (1Ki 20:13) that God is the Lord. But we do not read of this acknowledgment being made, or of any sacrifices being offered in token of their national gratitude.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּפְקֹ֗ד	vai.yif.Kod	and he mustered	H6485 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַעֲרֵי֙	na.'a.Rei	[the] young men of	H5288 →
שָׂרֵ֣י	sa.Rei	[the] officials of	H8269 →
הַמְּדִינ֔וֹת	ha.me.di.Not	the provinces	H4082 →
וַיִּהְי֕וּ	vai.yih.Yu	and they were	H1961 →
מָאתַ֖יִם	ma.Ta.yim	two hundred	H3967 →
שְׁנַ֣יִם	she.Na.yim	two	H8147 →
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים	u.she.lo.Shim	and thirty	H7970 →
וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם	ve.'a.cha.rei.Hem	and after them	H310 →
פָּקַ֧ד	pa.Kad	he mustered	H6485 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֛ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
שִׁבְעַ֥ת	shiv.'At	[were] seven	H7651 →
אֲלָפִֽים׃	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 19:18
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
leads to
- Romans 11:4–5
  And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
- Isaiah 1:9
  Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 10:20–22
  On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy…
- Hosea 13:2
  Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and…
Through
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD…
leads to
- Matthew 19:26
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Zechariah 4:6
  So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
Through
Judges 7:7
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 14:6
  Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD…

About 1 Kings

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Kings