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.