1 Kings 20:19
in 1 Kings 20Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
KJV
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
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This verse in 1 Kings 20
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
with the army behind them
on 1 Kings 20:19-21
The young officers march out “with the army behind them”, and an army led by thirty-two kings breaks and runs. Matthew Henry asks where the boast of verse 10 has gone. The victory answers the prophet's word of verse 13 without any battle plan from Ahab.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | veeleh | and these [men] | H428 → | 746 times |
| יָצְא֣וּ | yatzeu | they went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָעִ֔יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| נַעֲרֵ֖י | naarei | [the] young men of | H5288 → | 239 times |
| שָׂרֵ֣י | sarei | [the] officials of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת | hamedinot | the provinces | H4082 → | 53 times |
| וְהַחַ֖יִל | vehachayil | and the army | H2428 → | 246 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾachareihem | [was] behind them | H310 → | 715 times |
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙and these [men]
veelehH428 →746 times
יָצְא֣וּthey went out
yatzeuH3318 →1067 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָעִ֔ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
נַעֲרֵ֖י[the] young men of
naareiH5288 →239 times
שָׂרֵ֣י[the] officials of
sareiH8269 →421 times
הַמְּדִינ֑וֹתthe provinces
hamedinotH4082 →53 times
וְהַחַ֖יִלand the army
vehachayilH2428 →246 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃[was] behind them
ʾachareihemH310 →715 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.