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1 Kings 15:20

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Kings 15:20

Verse 20 of 34

Scripture focus

So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kings 15:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 15:20

Theological / Devotional

Cities of Israel. The cities smitten were in the north, near the borders of Syria.

The site of Ijon was probably in the valley between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, west of Mt. Hennon. Dan was 23 3/4 mi. (38 km.) north of the Sea of Galilee. Abel-beth-maachah was 23 3/4 mi. (38 km.) from Dan, and Cinneroth was on the shore of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee). The land of Naphtali, the area in which most of the foregoing cities were situated, was north of the Sea of Galilee. From ch. 20:34 it seems that Syria held these cities at least till the time of Ahab. See Israel’s War with Syria in the Days of Baasha and Ahab.

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