Most Popular Bible Verses in 1 Kings 20

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Verse ConceptsLossDestroying Chariots

And the king of Israel went out and smote horse and chariot, and slew a great slaughter of the Syrians.

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Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtProphesyingStrength Of PeopleUnnamed Prophets Of The LordBe Strong!Time Of Yearsyria

Then there came a Prophet to the king of Israel, and said to him, "Go forth and play the man: be wise and take heed what thou doest. For when the year is about, the king of Syria will come against thee again."

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Verse ConceptsSpringAttackingNations Attacking IsraelTime Of Year

And as soon as the year was about, Benhadad numbered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to war with Israel.

256
Verse ConceptsReligionSuperstitionServing One's Own Godssyria

Then said the servants of the kings of Syria to him, "The gods of the hills are their gods, and therefore they had the better of us. But let us fight with them in the plain, and for what ye will, we shall have the better of them.

327
Verse ConceptsSons Of The Prophets

Then a certain man of the children of the Prophets said unto his fellow, with the word of the LORD, "Smite me, I pray thee." And the man would not smite him.

392
Verse ConceptsSuperstitionInfidelity To GodUnnamed Prophets Of The LordMan Of GodThose God Gave Into Their Hands

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.'"

406
Verse ConceptsWallsTwenty Thousand And UpPeoples Who FledPrivate Rooms

And the rest fled to Aphek into the city. And there fell a wall upon twenty seven thousand of them that were left. And Benhadad fled and went into the city, from chamber to chamber.

451

Then he found another man and said to him, "Smite me, I pray thee." And the man gave him a good stripe and wounded him.

456
Verse ConceptsExchanging Of Leaders

And this do: take the kings away every man out of his place, and put dukes in their rooms.

459
Verse ConceptsAngry People

And the king of Israel went to his house wayward and heavy, and entered into Samaria.

465
Verse ConceptsLionsAnimals KillingIn Danger From Lionsdisobedience

And he said, "Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD: behold, as soon as thou art departed from me a lion shall slay thee." And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him and slew him.

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Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingChariotsHorsesSiegesThirty SomeNations Attacking Israelsyria

And Benhadad, king of Syria, gathered all his host together - and thirty two kings with him, with horse and chariot - and went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it.

496
Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsSmallnessTwo GroupsFew People

And the children of Israel were numbered and provided of victuals, and went against them, and pitched before them like two little flocks of kids: but the Syrians filled the country.

497

And do thou number thee a host, like the host that thou hast lost, and horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and let us fight with them in the plain; and for a wager, we get the better of them." And the king hearkened unto their voice and did even so.

540
Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsAgreements, LegalCovenant breakersFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsMarketsRestitutionTradeTreatyCities In Israel

And Benhadad said, "The cities which my father took from thy father, I will restore again. And thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. And I will make a covenant with thee and send thee away." And so he made a covenant with him and sent him away.

554
Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, we have heard say that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life."

577
Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofMany CombatantsKnowledge, Of GodProphets, Role OfUnnamed Prophets Of The LordList Of Kings Of IsraelThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And behold there came a Prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Seest thou all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into thine hand this day, that thou mayest know that I am the LORD.'"

594
Verse ConceptsWaistsRelativesLiving On

And they girded sack cloth about their loins and put ropes about their heads, and went out to the king of Israel and said, "Thy servant Benhadad sayeth, 'I pray thee let me live.'" And he said, "Is he yet alive? He is my brother." And they took the word for good luck and hastily caught it out of his mouth, and said, "Yea, thy brother Benhadad."

614
Verse ConceptsChariots

Then he said, "Go and bring him." And Benhadad came out to him, and the other took him up into the chariot.

615
Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutList Of Kings Of Israel

And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city,

651
Verse ConceptsWeeksOne Hundred Thousand And MoreThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSeven DaysDay 7Fighting EnemiesNumbers Of Foreigners Killedsyriacredibility

And they pitched one over against the other seven days, and the seventh day joined battle. And the children of Israel slew of the Syrians, a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

660
Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityArrogance, Characterizes The WickedFalse ConfidenceBoasting

And the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell him, 'Let not him that putteth on his harness boast himself, as he putteth it off.'"

661
Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

And when Benhadad heard that tidings, as he and the kings were drinking in the pavilions, he said unto his servants, "Put ye in array." And they put themselves in array against the city.

669
Verse ConceptsPolygamyRiches, Ungodly Use OfIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyTaking Mixed MetalsTransferring Wives

And the messengers came again to Ahab and said, "Thus sayeth Benhadad, 'I have therefore sent unto thee, saying: deliver me then thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children.

685
Verse ConceptsProphets, Role OfSubstitutionPredestination, Of PersonsAnnihilationEquality Of PunishmentPeople Set Free By People

And he said unto the king, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Because thou hast let go a man that ought to have died, thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his."

687
Verse ConceptsBusynessNowhere To Be Found

And as thy servant had here and there to do, he was gone." And the king of Israel said unto him, "Even so shall thy judgment be, as thou hast defined it thyself."

704
Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fledsyria

they slew every one of them his man. And the Syrians fled, and Israel followed after them. And Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with his horsemen.

710
Verse ConceptsBoastersNumerous As DustShortage Other Than Food

Then Benhadad sent unto him and said, "Thus do the gods to me and so thereto, if the dust of Samaria be enough for all the people that follow me, that every man may have a handful."

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Verse ConceptsCommanderOfficersWho Is The Doer?First To Fight

And Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Even by the men of the governors of the shires.'" And Ahab said, "Who shall join battle?" And he said, "Thou."

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Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Possessing Other ThingsTaking Mixed MetalsTransferring Wives

and said unto him, "Thus sayeth Benhadad, 'Thy silver and thy gold is mine, and the best of thy wives, and the best of thy children be mine.'"

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Verse Conceptsdrinking, abstention fromNoonTentsDrunkenness, Examples OfThirty SomeDrunk IndividualsPartying

And they went out at noon when Benhadad was a drinking strong drink in the pavilions with the thirty two kings that holp him.

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Verse ConceptsCoinageEquality Of PunishmentFine As PenaltyMissing SomeoneTalents

And when the king came by, he cried unto him and said, "Thy servant went out in the midst of the battle. And see, there was one began to flee. And there came a man to me and said, 'Keep this man. And if he be missed thy life shall go for his, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.'

750
Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

Then the king of Israel sent for the elders of the land and said, "Take heed I pray you and see, how this fellow goeth about mischief. For he sent unto me, for my wives and my children, and my silver and my gold: and I denied him nothing of it."

751

And also if they come for war, take them yet alive." And when those men of the sheriffs of the shires were come out of the city and the Host after them,

761
Verse ConceptsRoadsStandingWaitingdisguisesEyes Harmed

And the Prophet went forth and waited for the king by the way and altered his face with ashes.

768
Verse ConceptsSubjection

And the king of Israel answered, and said, "My lord king, according to thy saying, I am thine with all I have."

769

Whereupon he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, "Tell my lord the king, all that he sent for the first time, that I will do: but this request I may not do." And the messengers departed and brought him word.

773
Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowTaking Possessions

Or else I will send my servants unto thee by tomorrow this time: and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants, which shall take all that is glorious in thine eyes, and bring it away with them.'"

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Verse ConceptsFirst To Fight

And the men of the sheriffs of the shires went out first. And Benhadad sent out, and they showed him, saying, "There came men out of Samaria."

776
Verse ConceptsdisagreementsDo Not Listen!

And all the elders of Israel and all the people said, "Hearken not to him nor consent."

781
Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandTwo Hundred And Some

Then he numbered the men of the governors of the shires: and they were two hundred and thirty two. And after them he numbered all the people, and all the children of Israel were seven thousand.

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Verse ConceptsMen Of PeaceReady For WarWhilst Alive

And he said, "If they come out for peace, take them alive.

805
Verse ConceptsEyes HarmedRecognising PeopleRemoving People From Your Life

And he hasted and took the ashes away from his eyes: and the king of Israel knew him, that he was of the Prophets.