John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 22:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, etc.] Horns are emblems of power and might, and iron ones of greater strength still; the prophets sometimes made use of visible signs, to represent the things they prophesied of should come to pass, (see <232002>Isaiah 20:2,3 <242702>Jeremiah 27:2), and the same method this prophet took: and he saith, thus saith the Lord; imitating the true prophets: with these shall thou push the Syrians until thou hast consumed them: Abarbinel thinks he had in view the blessing of Joseph by Moses, (<053317>Deuteronomy 33:17) where he is compared to a bullock with horns; and these said to be the ten thousands of Ephraim, and the thousands of Manasseh; and Ahab being of the tribe of Joseph, and ruling in Ephraim and Manasseh, the prophet chose to make use of this emblem for his encouragement.

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