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.
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.
The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let’s fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Their gods
- It was the general belief in the heathen world, that each district had its tutelary and protecting deity, who could do nothing out of his own province.
- 1 Kings 20:28; 1 Kings 14:23; 1 Samuel 4:8; 2 Kings 19:12; 2 Chronicles 32:13–19; Psalm 50:21, 22; Psalm 121:1, 2; Isaiah 42:8