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 there came a man of God and said unto the king of Israel, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Because the Syrians say that the LORD is but a God of the hills, and not God of the valleys too: therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand that ye may know that I am the LORD.'"

For they also made them hill altars and images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.

Woe unto us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of this mighty God? This is the God that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

Hath the gods of the heathen delivered them which mine ancestors have destroyed: as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?

Moreover, have ye not heard what I and my fathers have done unto the people of all lands? Were the gods of the people of other lands able to save their lands out of my hand?

This thou doest, while I hold my tongue: and thinkest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

{A song of the stairs} I lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help?

Even I am the LORD, and this is my name: and my glory will I give to none other, neither mine honour to graven images.

General references

Am I then God that seeth but the thing, which is nigh at hand, and not that is afar off? sayeth the LORD.