1 Kings 20:23
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.
KJV
Servi vero regis Syriæ dixerunt ei : Dii montium sunt dii eorum, ideo superaverunt nos : sed melius est ut pugnemus contra eos in campestribus, et obtinebimus eos.
Vulgate
καὶ τῇ Ἰεζάβελ ἐλάλησεν Κύριος λέγων Οἱ κύνες καταφάγονται αὐτὴν ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/עַבְדֵ֨י מֶֽלֶךְ אֲרָ֜ם אָמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗י/ו אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָרִים֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵי/הֶ֔ם עַל כֵּ֖ן חָזְק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑/נּוּ וְ/אוּלָ֗ם נִלָּחֵ֤ם אִתָּ/ם֙ בַּ/מִּישׁ֔וֹר אִם לֹ֥א נֶחֱזַ֖ק מֵ/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 14:23 — For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 1Kgs 20:28 — And 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
- 1Kgs 20:31 — And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go ou
- 1Sam 4:8 — Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
- 2Chr 32:13 — Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
- 2Kgs 19:12 — Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
- Isa 36:20 — Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- Isa 42:8 — I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
- Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Rom 1:21 — Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.