SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:28
Vino entonces el varón de Dios al rey de Israel y le habló diciendo: Así dijo el SEÑOR: Por cuanto los sirios han dicho, el SEÑOR es Dios de los montes, no Dios de los valles, yo entregaré toda esta gran multitud en tu mano, para que conozcáis que yo soy el SEÑOR.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 20:28
Verse 28. Because the Syrians have said] God resents their blasphemy, and is determined to punish it. They shall now be discomfited in such a way as to show that God's power is every where, and that the multitude of a host is nothing against him.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 28. And there came a man of God , etc.] The same as before, ( Kings 20:13,22) or had come before the little army went out to meet the Syrians; though he might go to Ahab when encamped, for his encouragement: 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 ; (see Gill on “ 1 Kings 20:23”). therefore will I deliver, all this great multitude into thine hand ; not for Ahab’s sake would the Lord do this, who does not appear thankful to God for the former victory, nor to be reformed from his idolatry, and the better for it, but for the honour of his own name, which had been blasphemed by the Syrians: and ye shall know that I am the Lord ; both of hills and valleys, the omnipotent Jehovah, the only true God.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-30 - Those about Benhadad advised him to change his ground. They take it for granted that it was not Israel, but Israel's gods, that beat them; but they speak very ignorantly of Jehovah. They supposed that Israel ha many gods, to whom they ascribed limited power within a certai district; thus vain were the Gentiles in their imaginations concernin God. The greatest wisdom in worldly concerns is often united with the most contemptible folly in the things of God.
Original Hebrew
ויגשׁ 5066 אישׁ 376 האלהים 430 ויאמר 559 אל 413 מלך 4428 ישׂראל 3478 ויאמר 559 כה 3541 אמר 559 יהוה 3068 יען 3282 אשׁר 834 אמרו 559 ארם 758 אלהי 430 הרים 2022 יהוה 3068 ולא 3808 אלהי 430 עמקים 6010 הוא 1931 ונתתי 5414 את 853 כל 3605 ההמון 1995 הגדול 1419 הזה 2088 בידך 3027 וידעתם 3045 כי 3588 אני 589 יהוה׃ 3068
