1 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ¹  against the altar in Bethel ²  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ³  will certainly be fulfilled.”

1 Kings 20:1

Ben Hadad Invades Israel

20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria ⁴  and besieged and attacked it. ⁵ 

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ⁶  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ⁷ 

1 Kings 22:10

22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, ⁸  dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. ⁹  All the prophets were prophesying before them.

[13:32]  ¹ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

[13:32]  ² map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:32]  ³ tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.

[20:1]  ⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”

[22:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “were sitting, a man on his throne.”

[22:10]  ¹¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.