John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 20:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, etc.] Supposed by the Jewish writers to be Micaiah the son of Imlah, (<112209>1 Kings 22:9) one of those perhaps that Obadiah hid in the cave, and now is sent out publicly on an errand to Ahab: saying, thus saith the Lord, hast thou seen all this great multitude? considered what a vast number Benhadad’s army consisted of: behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; as great as it is: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; and not Baal, who can save by few as well as by many, and from a great multitude.

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