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1 Kings 20:23

Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

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ASV

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a 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.

KJV

And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods 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.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַבְדֵ֨יve.'av.Deiand [the] servants ofH5650 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
אֲרָ֜ם'a.RamAramH758 →
אָמְר֣וּ'a.me.Ruthey saidH559 →
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Hei[is] a god ofH430 →
הָרִים֙ha.RimmountainsH2022 →
אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם'e.Lo.hei.HemGod theirH430 →
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֖ןken-foreH3651 →
חָזְק֣וּcha.ze.Kuthey were strongH2388 →
מִמֶּ֑נּוּmi.Me.numore than usH4480 →
וְאוּלָ֗םve.'u.Lamand butH199 →
נִלָּחֵ֤םni.la.Chemlet us do battleH3898 →
אִתָּם֙'i.Tamwith themH854 →
בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹרba.mi.Shoron the level groundH4334 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
נֶחֱזַ֖קne.che.Zakwe will be strongH2388 →
מֵהֶֽם׃me.Hemmore than them

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1 Kings 14:23They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.1 Samuel 4:8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.Psalms 50:21–22You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.2 Kings 19:12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?1 Kings 20:28Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.Romans 1:21–23For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.2 Chronicles 32:13–19Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?1 Kings 20:31Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”Isaiah 36:20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”Psalms 121:1–2I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?2 Kings 5:13Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”Numbers 23:13Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”2 Kings 6:8Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

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