Verse 28
1 Kings 20:28
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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(And a man of God (Elohim) coming, said to the king of Israel: Thus saith the Lord: Because the Syrians have said: The Lord is God (Elohim) of the hills, but is not God (Elohim) of the valleys: I will deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.)
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּגַּ֞שׁ אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים וַ/יֹּאמֶר֮ אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַ/יֹּ֜אמֶר כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה יַ֠עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ אֲרָם֙ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יְהוָ֔ה וְ/לֹֽא אֱלֹהֵ֥י עֲמָקִ֖ים ה֑וּא וְ֠/נָתַתִּי אֶת כָּל הֶ/הָמ֨וֹן הַ/גָּ֤דוֹל הַ/זֶּה֙ בְּ/יָדֶ֔/ךָ וִֽ/ידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּֽי אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And a man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, and he said, "Thus says the LORD: Because Aram has said, 'The LORD is a God of the mountains and not a God of the valleys,' I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD."
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Chapter 20 Context
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And Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his host, and there were two and thirty kings with...
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And, sending messengers to Achab king of Israel into the city,
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He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver, and thy gold is mine: and thy wives, and thy goodliest chil...
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And the king of Israel answered: According to thy word, my lord 0 king, I am thine, and all that I h...
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And the messengers came again, and said: Thus saith Benadad, who sent us unto thee: Thy silver, and...
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To morrow therefore at this same hour I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy hou...
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And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth s...
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And all the ancients, and all the people said to him: Hearken not to him, nor consent to him.
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Wherefore he answered the messengers of Benadad: Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for...
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And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may...
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And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.
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And it came to pass, when Benadad heard this word, that he and the kings were drinking in pavilions,...
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And behold a prophet coming to Achab king of Israel, said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Hast thou see...
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And Achab said: By whom? And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: By the servants of the princes of...
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So he mustered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and he found the number of two hundred...
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And they went out at noon. But Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and t...
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And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him...
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And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them...
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So the servants of the princes of the provinces went out, and the rest of the army followed:
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And every one slew the man that came against him: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued after the...
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But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a grea...
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(And a prophet coming to the king of Israel, said to him: Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and...
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But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they...
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Do thou therefore this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead:
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And make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine, and horses according to the former...
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Wherefore at the return of the year, p Benadad mustered the Syrians, ancient up to Aphec, to fight a...
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And the children of Israel were mustered, and taking victuals went out on the other side, and camped...
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(And a man of God (Elohim) coming, said to the king of Israel: Thus saith the Lord: Because the Syri...
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And both sides set their armies in array one against the other seven days, and on the seventh day th...
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And they that remained fled to Aphec, into the city: and the wall fell upon seven and twenty thousan...
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And his servants said to him: Behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are mercif...
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So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israe...
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The men took this for a sign: and in haste caught the word out of his mouth, and said: Thy brother B...
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And he said to him: The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore: and do thou mak...
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Then a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his companion in the word of the Lord: Strike...
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Then he said to him: Because thou wouldst not hearken to the word of the Lord, behold then shalt dep...
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Then he found another man, and said to him: Strike me. And he struck him, and wounded him.
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So the prophet went, and met the king in the way, and disguised himself by sprinkling dust on his fa...
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And as the king passed by, he cried to the king, and said: Thy servant went out to fight hand to han...
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And whilst I in a hurry turned this way and that, on a sudden he was not to be seen. And the king of...
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But he forthwith wiped off the dust from his face, and the king of Israel knew him, that he was one...
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And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a mall worthy of d...
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And the king of Israel returned to his house, slighting to hear, and raging came into Samaria.
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