1 Kings 20:21 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 20:21

Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.

BSB

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ASV

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

KJV

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

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Commentary

1 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

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּצֵא֙	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַיַּ֥ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he struck down	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַסּ֖וּס	ha.Sus	the horse[s]	H5483 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָרָ֑כֶב	ha.Ra.khev	the chariotry	H7393 →
וְהִכָּ֥ה	ve.hi.Kah	and he struck down	H5221 →
בַאֲרָ֖ם	va.'a.Ram	among Aram	H758 →
מַכָּ֥ה	ma.Kah	a slaughter	H4347 →
גְדוֹלָֽה׃	ge.do.Lah	great	H1419 →

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

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Where the connections lead

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Judges 3:28
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did…
leads to
- Judges 12:5
  The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he…
- Judges 7:9
  That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
- 1 Samuel 17:47
  And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our…
- Joshua 2:7
  So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
- Judges 7:15
  When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your…
Through
1 Samuel 17:52
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were…
leads to
- Joshua 15:11
  Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.
Through
2 Kings 3:24
But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
leads to
- Judges 20:40–46
  But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
- Joshua 8:20–22
  When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the…

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The Israelites Slaughter the Syrians — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About 1 Kings

Where the connections lead

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