Devine Scripture

1 Kings 20:23

1 Kings chapter 20 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.22And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

v.23This passage

v.24And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 14:23

    For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;

  • 2 Chronicles 32:13

    Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

  • Psalms 50:21

    These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: ButI will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

  • Psalms 121:1

    I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

  • Isaiah 42:8

    I am Jehovah, that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise unto graven images.

  • 1 Kings 20:28

    And a man of God came near and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.