1 Kings 20:27
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 20
“And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.”1 Kings 20:27
What Does 1 Kings 20:27 Mean?
1 Kings 20:27 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 20, verse 27 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 20:27 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Chronicles 14:11“And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.”Judges 6:5“For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.”1 Samuel 13:5“And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.”Deuteronomy 32:30“How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?”Joshua 1:11“Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.”Judges 7:8“So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.”1 Samuel 14:2“And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;”2 Kings 3:6“And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.”2 Kings 13:7“Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.”1 Chronicles 27:28“And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:”2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:”Ecclesiastes 9:11“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”Psalms 33:16“There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.”Proverbs 14:28“In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.”
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