1 Kings 20:23
20:23 a The reasoning that Israel had gods of the hills set the stage for the Lord to show his true identity (20:28 b). Ben-hadad’s officers had a pagan religious outlook. Perhaps their erroneous view was fostered by traditional knowledge of the Lord’s appearance to Israel on Mount Sinai (Exod 19:1-3 c, 16-18 d) or of Israel’s long-term settlement of the hill country of Canaan (see Josh 10:40 e; 11:16 f; Judg 1:19 g). The Arameans were not aware that God is the Creator and Lord of all the earth (Isa 40:28 h; 54:5 i), the only God who alone can save (Isa 45:5 j, 22 k).
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