1 Kings 20 · Verse 26

1 Kings 20:26

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
1 Kings 20:26, King James Version

1 Kings 20:26 in other translations

BSBIn the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
WEBAt the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
ASVAnd it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad inspecteth the Aramaeans, and goeth up to Aphek, to battle with Israel,
DARBYAnd it came to pass, at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
BBESo, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.
WebsterAnd it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

What does 1 Kings 20:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:22-26

22-26. the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said--The same prophet who had predicted the victory shortly reappeared, admonishing the king to take every precaution against a renewal of hostilities in the following campaign. at the return of the year--that is, in spring, when, on the cessation of the rainy season, military campaigns (2Sa 11:1), were anciently begun. It happened as the prophet had forewarned…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek - There were several towns of this name; see the notes on Jos 12:18. It is supposed that the town mentioned here was situated in Libanus, upon the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 20:22-30

Those about Benhadad advised him to change his ground. They take it for granted that it was not Israel, but Israel's gods, that beat them; but they speak very ignorantly of Jehovah. They supposed that Israel had many gods, to whom they ascribed limited power within a certain district; thus vain were the Gentiles in their imaginations concerning God. The greatest wisdom in worldly concerns is often united with the…

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1 Kings 20:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
לִתְשׁוּבַ֣תlit.shu.Vatto [the] return ofH8666
הַשָּׁנָ֔הha.sha.Nahthe yearH8141
וַיִּפְקֹ֥דvai.yif.Kodand he musteredH6485
בֶּן\־ben-BenH1130
הֲדַ֖דha.DadHadadH1130
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲרָ֑ם'a.RamAramH758
וַיַּ֣עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
אֲפֵ֔קָה'a.Fe.kahAphek towardsH663
לַמִּלְחָמָ֖הla.mil.cha.Mahfor <the> battleH4421
עִם\־'im-withH5973
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 1 Kings 20:26

  • 2 Kings 13:17

    And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.

  • 1 Kings 20:22

    And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

  • 1 Kings 20:30

    But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

  • Joshua 13:4

    From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

  • Judges 1:31

    Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

  • 1 Samuel 29:1

    Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

  • 1 Samuel 4:1

    And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben–ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

  • Joshua 19:30

    Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Aphek.Supposed to be the Aphek near the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos, and probably the same place that Paul Lucas mentions in his Voyage to the Levant. It was swallowed up by an earthquake, and formed a lake about nine miles in circumference, in which he says there were several houses still to be seen entire, under the water.
30; Jos 13:4; 19:30; Jud 1:31
Aphik.
1Sa 4:1; 29:1; 2Ki 13:17
to fight against Israel. Heb. to the war with Israel.

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Context

  • 1 Kings 20:25

    And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

  • 1 Kings 20:26

    And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

  • 1 Kings 20:27

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

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1 Kings 20:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pasado el año, Ben-adad reconoció los Siros, y vino á Aphec á pelear contra Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva, qu’au retour de l’année, Ben-Hadad dénombra les Syriens, et monta à Aphek pour faire la guerre contre Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah bei der Rückkehr des Jahres, da musterte Ben-Hadad die Syrer, und er zog hinauf nach Aphek zum Streit mit Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur postquam annus transierat, recensuit Benadad Syros, et ascendit in Aphec ut pugnaret contra Israël.