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God Defends His Own Name
Commentators agree that God's primary motivation for granting this victory was not to reward King Ahab, but to defend His own honor. The Syrians had blasphemed God's name by suggesting His power was limited. As scholars like Gill and Ellicott explain, God acted 'for His Name's sake' to prove to both Israel and the surrounding nations that He is Jehovah, the one, true, omnipotent God over all creation, not just the hills.
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1 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 20:28
18th Century
Theologian
A man of God - This was evidently not the prophet who had spoken to Ahab the year before (1 Kings 20:13, 22). He probably lived …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 20:28
19th Century
Bishop
A man of God—apparently not the same as before. We see from 1 Kings 20:35 that the prophetic order was now numerous.
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 20:27–28
19th Century
Preacher
But the Syrians filled the country. And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syr…
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 20:28
17th Century
Pastor
And there came a man of God
The same as before, (1 Kings 20:13 1 Kings 20:22) or had come
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 20:22–30
17th Century
Minister
Those around 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 the…