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1 Kings 20:27 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 20 · verse 27 · King James Version
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.1 Kings 20:27 · King James Version
1 Kings 20:27 in context
25And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
29And 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- numberedpâqadto visitH6485 →
- presentkûwlproperly, to keep inH3557 →
- againstqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- pitchedchânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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