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Hebrew Modern Translation

מלכים א 20:13

והנה נביא אחד נגש אל אחאב מלך ישראל ויאמר כה אמר יהוה הראית את כל ההמון הגדול הזה הנני נתנו בידך היום וידעת כי אני יהוה׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Benhadad;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Samaria, Ancient;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Samaria;   Wine;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ahab;   Ben-hadad;   Samaria, samaritans;   Syria;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elijah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pavilion;   Samaria;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Deborah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ben-Hadad;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benhadad ;   Samaria ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Samaria;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'hab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joel (2);   Samaria, City of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Benhadad;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
והנה נביא אחד נגש אל אחאב מלך ישראל ויאמר כה אמר יהוה הראית את כל ההמון הגדול הזה הנני נתנו בידך היום וידעת כי אני יהוה
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וְהִנֵּ֣ה ׀ נָבִ֣יא אֶחָ֗ד נִגַּשׁ֮ אֶל־אַחְאָ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הְֽרָאִ֔יתָ אֵ֛ת כָּל־הֶהָמֹ֥ון הַגָּדֹ֖ול הַזֶּ֑ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתְנֹ֤ו בְיָֽדְךָ֙ הַיֹּ֔ום וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְהִנֵּה ׀ נָבִיא אֶחָד נִגַּשׁ אֶל־אַחְאָב מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הְֽרָאִיתָ אֵת כָּל־הֶהָמוֹן הַגָּדוֹל הַזֶּה הִנְנִי נֹתְנוֹ בְיָֽדְךָ הַיּוֹם וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־אֲנִי יְהוָֽה ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came: Heb. approached

Hast thou: 2 Kings 6:8-12, 2 Kings 7:1, 2 Kings 13:23, Isaiah 7:1-9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22

and thou shalt: 1 Kings 20:28, 1 Kings 18:37, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 16:12, Psalms 83:18, Isaiah 37:20, Ezekiel 6:7, Joel 3:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:31 - deliver the Numbers 21:34 - for I have 2 Samuel 10:13 - they fled 1 Kings 18:22 - I only 1 Kings 19:10 - I only 1 Kings 20:22 - the prophet 2 Kings 3:18 - he will 2 Kings 3:27 - they departed 2 Kings 6:9 - Beware 1 Chronicles 19:14 - they fled 2 Chronicles 28:9 - he went out Psalms 10:5 - he puffeth Ezekiel 22:16 - thou shalt know Daniel 11:11 - the multitude Amos 2:11 - I raised

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,.... Supposed by the Jewish writers to be Micaiah the son of Imlah, 1 Kings 22:9 one of those perhaps that Obadiah hid in the cave, and now is sent out publicly on an errand to Ahab:

saying, thus saith the Lord, hast thou seen all this great multitude? considered what a vast number Benhadad's army consisted of:

behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; as great as it is:

and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; and not Baal, who can save by few as well as by many, and from a great multitude.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rabbinical commentators conjecture that this prophet was Micaiah, the son of Imlah, who is mentioned below 1 Kings 22:8.

Hast thou seen all this great multitude? - The boast of Ben-hadad 1 Kings 20:10, was not without a basis of truth; his force seems to have exceeded 130, 000 (compare 1 Kings 20:25, 1 Kings 20:29-30). In his wars with the Assyrians we find him sometimes at the head of 100, 000 men.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 20:13. There came a prophet — Who this was we cannot tell; Jarchi says it was Micaiah, son of Imlah. It is strange that on such an occasion we hear nothing of Elijah or Elisha. Is it not possible that this was one of them disguised?


 
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