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1 Kings 20

1 Kings 20:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But the rest
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
fled
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
o to Aphek
'Apheq (Hebrew #663)
from 662 (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine
KJV usage: Aphek, Aphik.
Pronounce: af-ake'
Origin: or rAphiyq {af-eek'}
, into the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
; and therep a wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
fell
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
upon twenty
`esriym (Hebrew #6242)
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
KJV usage: (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).
Pronounce: es-reem'
Origin: from 6235
and seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
of the men
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
that were left
yathar (Hebrew #3498)
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Pronounce: yaw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
. And Ben-hadad
Ben-Hadad (Hebrew #1130)
son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
KJV usage: Ben-hadad.
Pronounce: ben-had-ad'
Origin: from 1121 and 1908
fled
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
, and came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, into ξan inner
cheder (Hebrew #2315)
an apartment (usually literal)
KJV usage: ((bed) inner)chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, + south, X within.
Pronounce: kheh'-der
Origin: from 2314
chamber
cheder (Hebrew #2315)
an apartment (usually literal)
KJV usage: ((bed) inner)chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, + south, X within.
Pronounce: kheh'-der
Origin: from 2314
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Psa. 18:45• 45Strangers have faded away, and they come trembling forth from their close places. (Psa. 18:45)
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Jer. 48:44• 44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 48:44)
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Luke 13:4• 4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that *they* were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? (Luke 13:4)
ξ
a chamber within a chamber, or, from chamber to chamber,
1 Kings 22:25• 25And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself. (1 Kings 22:25)
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More on:

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Aphek; Aphik,
Ben-hadad,
Chamber,
Seven,
Walls

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the rest.
Psa. 18:25• 25With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright; (Psa. 18:25)
a wall.
Isa. 24:18• 18And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the sound of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are open, and the foundations of the earth shake. (Isa. 24:18)
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Jer. 48:44• 44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon her, upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 48:44)
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Amos 2:14‑15• 14And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
 15Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul; (Amos 2:14‑15)
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Amos 5:19• 19as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. (Amos 5:19)
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Amos 9:3• 3and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them; (Amos 9:3)
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Luke 13:4• 4Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, think ye that *they* were debtors beyond all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? (Luke 13:4)
fled.
1 Kings 20:10,20• 10And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!
 20And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. (1 Kings 20:10,20)
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Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)
into an inner chamber.
or, from chamber to chamber.
Heb.into a chamber within a chamber.
1 Kings 22:25• 25And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself. (1 Kings 22:25)
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2 Chron. 18:24• 24And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself. (2 Chron. 18:24)
• Thus the Syrians had to learn who the Lord was and thus Israel could know Him. (“Ahab and Ben-Hadad: 1 Kings 20” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them that were left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, from chamber to chamberb.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "to an inner chamber." see ch. 22.25.