1 Kings 20:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Their gods

General references

Jeremiah 23:23

Bible References

Their gods

Then the man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans have said: Yahweh is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys, I will hand over all this great army to you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

Woe to us, who will rescue us from the hand of these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?

“‘Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have any of the national gods of the lands been able to deliver their land from my power?

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

A song of ascents.I lift my eyes toward the mountains.
Where will my help come from?

I am Yahweh, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another
or My praise to idols.

General references

“Am I a God who is only near”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and not a God who is far away?