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1 Kings 20:29

in 1 Kings 20

For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they encamped 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 a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 1 Kings 20

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Slew a hundred thousand footmen in one day - This number is enormous; but the MSS. and versions give no various reading.

This site's exposition

there came a man of God

on 1 Kings 20:28-29

A man of God tells Ahab the ground itself is the point, because the Syrians have said the Lord is God of the hills and not of the valleys, he will deliver the whole multitude so that Israel shall know that I am the Lord. Matthew Henry stresses the victory comes not because Ahab has prayed or offered sacrifice but because the Syrians blasphemed, and God acts to vindicate his own name. After a seven day standoff the battle is joined on the seventh day and a hundred thousand footmen fall in a single day.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Salvian the Presbyter

THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 7.8 · Written before 500.

proposed

Did not the Lord wish Ben-hadad, king of Syria, whom besides countless thousands of his own people, thirty-two kings and armies of the same number of kings served, to be conquered by a few foot soldiers of the princes in order that he who was …

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 20:1 · Written before 373.

proposed

Here the Scripture relates the two battles of the king of Israel against the Arameans, at which we have already hinted, and the twin slaughters of the Arameans, of which the second caused the death of 127,000 men, as God took his revenge on the …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

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And they pitched one over against the other seven days,....

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַֽיַּחֲנ֧וּand they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times

  • אֵ֦לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • נֹ֥כַחopposite to

    nokhachH5227 →

  • אֵ֖לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • שִׁבְעַ֣תseven

    shivatH7651 →394 times

  • יָמִ֑יםdays

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

  • וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day

    baiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י<the> seventh

    hasheviiH7637 →98 times

  • וַתִּקְרַב֙and it drew near

    vatikravH7126 →280 times

  • הַמִּלְחָמָ֔הthe battle

    hamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • וַיַּכּ֨וּand they struck down

    vaiyakuH5221 →499 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֧לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲרָ֛םAram

    ʾaramH758 →143 times

  • מֵאָה־one hundred

    meah-H3967 →581 times

  • אֶ֥לֶףthousand

    ʾelefH505 →505 times

  • רַגְלִ֖יfoot soldier[s]

    ragliH7273 →

  • בְּי֥וֹםin a day

    beyomH3117 →2304 times

  • אֶחָֽד׃one

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.2 works2 Chronicles 13:17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.2 works2 Chronicles 20:23–25The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.2 works2 Chronicles 28:6For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.2 works1 Samuel 17:16For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.2 worksJoshua 6:15Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!2 works2 Samuel 10:18But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 28:6

    For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 15:6

      You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.

    • Isaiah 1:28

      But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

    • Jeremiah 2:19

      Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…

    • Joshua 24:20

      If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

    • 2 Kings 15:27

      In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.

  • Through

    Psalms 10:16

    The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 10:10

      But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

    • Psalms 29:10

      The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.

    • 1 Timothy 1:17

      Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

About 1 Kings

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
1 Kings: the study guide →Read 1 Kings 20 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 20:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Salvian the Presbyter, THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 7.8.

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