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And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room. <a href="/nlt/1_kings/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> The rest fled into the town of Aphek, but the wall fell on them and killed another 27,000. Ben-hadad fled into the town and hid in a secret room. <a href="/esv/1_kings/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left. Ben-hadad also fled and entered an inner chamber in the city. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/20.htm">King James Bible</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/20.htm">New King James Version</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city, going from one inner room to another. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. <a href="/amp/1_kings/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But the rest ran to the city of Aphek, and the [city] wall fell on 27,000 of the men who were left. Ben-hadad escaped and came into the city, going into an inner chamber [to hide]. <a href="/csb/1_kings/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those twenty-seven thousand remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room in the city. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those 27,000 remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room in the city. <a href="/asv/1_kings/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. <a href="/cev/1_kings/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The rest of the Syrian army ran back to Aphek, but the town wall fell and crushed 27,000 of them. Benhadad also escaped to Aphek and hid in the back room of a house. <a href="/erv/1_kings/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The survivors fled to Aphek, the city where the wall fell on 27,000 of them. Benhadad had also fled. He came to the city and hid in an inner room. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> The survivors fled into the city of Aphek, where the city walls fell on twenty-seven thousand of them. Benhadad also escaped into the city and took refuge in the back room of a house. <a href="/isv/1_kings/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> The rest of the Aramean army retreated into Aphek, but the city wall collapsed on 27,000 soldiers who had taken shelter there. Ben-hadad himself ran away and hid inside a closet somewhere in the city. <a href="/msb/1_kings/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room. <a href="/net/1_kings/20.htm">NET Bible</a> The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. <a href="/web/1_kings/20.htm">World English Bible</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner room. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And those left flee to Aphek, into the city, and the wall falls on twenty-seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad has fled, and comes into the city, into the innermost part. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And those left flee to Aphek, unto the city, and the wall falleth on twenty and seven chief men who are left, and Ben-Hadad hath fled, and cometh in unto the city, into the innermost part. <a href="/slt/1_kings/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the rest will flee to Aphek, to the city; and the wall will fall upon twenty and seven thousand men being left And Ben-hadad fled, and he will come to the city, to a chamber in a chamber.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they that remained fled to Aphec, into the city: and the wall fell upon seven and twenty thousand men, that were left. And Benadad fleeing went into the city, into a chamber that was within a chamber. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then those who had remained fled to Aphek, into the city. And the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men of those who had remained. Then Benhadad, fleeing, entered the city, into a room that was inside another room. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/20.htm">New American Bible</a> The survivors fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. Ben-hadad, too, fled, and took refuge within the city, in an inner room. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The rest fled into the city of Aphek; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men that were left. Ben-hadad also fled, and entered the city to hide.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left. And Bar-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they who were left fled to the city Aphaq, and a wall fell on twenty and seven thousand men who were left, and Bar Hadad fled, and he entered a urinal inside a bathroom within the city.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. <a href="/sep/1_kings/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the rest fled to Apheca, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Ader fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/20-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=8139" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/20.htm">Another War with Ben-hadad</a> …29For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day. 30<a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">The rest of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: way·yā·nu·sū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">fled</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/663.htm" title="663: ’ă·p̄ê·qāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Or raphiyq; from 'aphaq; fortress; Aphek, the name of three places in Palestine.">of Aphek,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ha·ḥō·w·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">where the wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wat·tip·pōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">fell</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty-seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: wə·šiḇ·‘āh (Conj-w:: Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number."></a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">of the remaining</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1130.htm" title="1130: ū·ḇen-From ben and Hadad; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1130.htm" title="1130: hă·ḏaḏ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From ben and Hadad; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings.">Ben-hadad</a> <a href="/hebrew/5127.htm" title="5127: nās (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To flee, escape. A primitive root; to flit, i.e. Vanish away.">also fled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">to the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and hid</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/2315.htm" title="2315: ḥe·ḏer (N-ms) -- A chamber, room. From chadar; an apartment.">an inner room.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2315.htm" title="2315: bə·ḥā·ḏer (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A chamber, room. From chadar; an apartment."></a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">Joshua 6:20</a> So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it. <a href="/judges/9-50.htm">Judges 9:50-54</a> Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it. / But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower. / When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire. ... <a href="/2_samuel/11-21.htm">2 Samuel 11:21</a> Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’” <a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">2 Kings 19:35-37</a> And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36-38</a> Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-21.htm">2 Chronicles 32:21</a> and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. <a href="/psalms/91-7.htm">Psalm 91:7</a> Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no harm will come near you. <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Jeremiah 51:58</a> This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Babylon’s thick walls will be leveled, and her high gates consumed by fire. So the labor of the people will be for nothing; the nations will exhaust themselves to fuel the flames.” <a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Ezekiel 26:4</a> They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock. <a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12</a> They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water. <a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a> “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a> “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/luke/19-43.htm">Luke 19:43-44</a> For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” <a href="/luke/21-6.htm">Luke 21:6</a> “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/acts/5-19.htm">Acts 5:19</a> But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell on twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.Thy servant<a href="/1_kings/20-3.htm">1 Kings 20:3-6</a> Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine… <a href="/job/12-17.htm">Job 12:17,18</a> He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools… <a href="/job/40-11.htm">Job 40:11,12</a> Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him… he is my brother<a href="/1_kings/20-42.htm">1 Kings 20:42</a> And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.<a href="/1_samuel/15-8.htm">1 Samuel 15:8-20</a> And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Aphek</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Ben</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Benhadad</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Ben-Hadad</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Ben-Ha'dad</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-23.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-27.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-19.htm">City</a> <a href="/revelation/16-19.htm">Collapsed</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-28.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-20.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-20.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-18.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-20.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm">Hadad</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-13.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-18.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-28.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-29.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-29.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-29.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/genesis/23-1.htm">Twenty-Seven</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-11.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/13-17.htm">Aphek</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">Ben</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">Benhadad</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">Ben-Hadad</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">Ben-Ha'dad</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-25.htm">Chamber</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-5.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-8.htm">City</a> <a href="/job/1-19.htm">Collapsed</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-24.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-5.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-2.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-24.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-24.htm">Flee</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-24.htm">Flight</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm">Hadad</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-25.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-37.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-9.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-42.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-17.htm">Twenty-Seven</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 20</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/20-1.htm">Ben-Hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria</a> 13. <a href="/1_kings/20-13.htm">By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain</a> 22. <a href="/1_kings/20-22.htm">As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians come against him in Aphek</a> 28. <a href="/1_kings/20-28.htm">By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again</a> 31. <a href="/1_kings/20-31.htm">The Syrians submit; Ahab sends Ben-Hadad away with a covenant</a> 35. <a href="/1_kings/20-35.htm">The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner, </a> 39. <a href="/1_kings/20-39.htm">making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek Aphek was a significant city in ancient Israel, often associated with military encounters. It was strategically located, making it a common site for battles. The fleeing of the Aramean army into Aphek signifies a retreat to a fortified location, hoping for protection. This reflects the common ancient practice of seeking refuge within city walls during times of defeat. The city of Aphek is mentioned in other biblical contexts, such as in <a href="/joshua/12-18.htm">Joshua 12:18</a>, where it is listed among the cities conquered by the Israelites, indicating its longstanding importance.where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men The collapse of the wall resulting in the death of twenty-seven thousand men is a dramatic demonstration of divine intervention. In ancient warfare, city walls were both a defense mechanism and a symbol of strength. The sudden fall of the wall suggests a supernatural event, reminiscent of the fall of Jericho's walls in <a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">Joshua 6:20</a>. This event underscores the theme of God's sovereignty and power over human affairs, often using natural phenomena to achieve His purposes. The number twenty-seven thousand highlights the scale of the defeat and serves as a testament to the completeness of God's judgment against the Arameans.Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, represents the leadership and pride of the Aramean forces. His flight and subsequent hiding in an inner room indicate a complete reversal of fortune and a loss of honor. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a king's retreat into hiding was a sign of utter defeat and humiliation. This act of seeking refuge in an inner room can be seen as a parallel to the human tendency to hide from God's judgment, as seen in <a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">Genesis 3:8-10</a> with Adam and Eve. Ben-hadad's actions foreshadow the ultimate futility of resisting God's will, a theme echoed throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/ben-hadad.htm">Ben-hadad</a> The king of Aram (Syria) who waged war against Israel. He is a central figure in this chapter, representing opposition to God's people. 2. <a href="/topical/a/aphek.htm">Aphek</a> A city where the Arameans fled after their defeat. It becomes a place of judgment as the wall collapses on the fleeing soldiers. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_wall.htm">The Wall</a> A significant element in the account, symbolizing God's intervention. Its collapse results in the death of many Aramean soldiers. 4. <a href="/topical/a/ahab.htm">Ahab</a> The king of Israel during this time, who is involved in the conflict with Ben-hadad and the Arameans. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_aramean_soldiers.htm">The Aramean Soldiers</a> Represent the forces opposing Israel, ultimately defeated by divine intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_intervention.htm">Divine Intervention</a> God's power is evident in the miraculous collapse of the wall, reminding us that He can intervene in our lives in unexpected ways. <a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_mercy.htm">Judgment and Mercy</a> The destruction of the Aramean soldiers serves as a reminder of God's judgment against those who oppose Him, yet His mercy is available to those who seek Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_plans.htm">The Futility of Human Plans</a> Ben-hadad's defeat illustrates the futility of opposing God's will. We should align our plans with God's purposes. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_refuge_in_god.htm">Seeking Refuge in God</a> Unlike Ben-hadad, who sought refuge in an inner room, we should seek refuge in God, our true fortress. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> The event underscores God's sovereignty over nations and leaders, encouraging us to trust in His ultimate control over world events.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 20</a> <a href="/q/could_one_city_wall_kill_27,000_men.htm">Could a single city wall realistically collapse and kill 27,000 men, as the text asserts (1 Kings 20:30)? </a> <a href="/q/is_there_non-biblical_proof_of_israel's_win.htm">Is there external evidence outside the Bible confirming Israel's victories over Aram recorded in 1 Kings 20?</a> <a href="/q/could_232_officers_defeat_a_large_army.htm">How plausible is it that just 232 junior officers could rout a massive Aramean army (1 Kings 20:15-21)?</a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(30) A wall--properly, the wall of the city, whether falling by earthquake, or in the storming of the place, by Israel. The numbers in the text are very large, as in many other instances. It is possible (see Introduction) that there may be corruption, although the same numbers are found in the ancient versions. But the massing in small space of Oriental armies, and the extra ordinary slaughter consequent on it, are well illustrated in history; as, for instance, in the Greek wars with Persia or even our own experience in India.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 30. - But the rest [Plainly those not claim It cannot mean those not defeated] fled to Aphek [It is clear that this fortress was then in the possession of the Syrians, as they took refuge within its walls], into the city; and there a wall [Heb. the wall, i.e., the city wall] fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. [The Hebrew implies that these were practically all who survived the battle, הַנּותָרִים is the word translated above, "the rest." We have here surely an exaggeration, even more obvious than that of ver. 39. For even if we suppose an earthquake, it is difficult to believe that the walls of a place like Aphek could bury so large a number in their ruins. Rawlinson suggests that the Syrians at the time were "manning the defences in full force," and that the earthquake "threw down the wall where they were most thickly crowded upon it;" but the question arises whether it is possible to mass 27,000 men upon any part of a wall, or all the walls, especially of an ancient village fortress. Thenius hints that the fall of the wall may have been occasioned by the Israelites undermining it during the night, but it seems hardly likely that so small a force could undertake operations of that kind against so formidable a body of troops. Keil objects to this view on another ground, viz., that its object is to negative the idea of a Divine interposition. But the text does not ascribe the fall of the wall to any such interposition, and we know that the sacred writers are not slow to recognize the finger of God whenever it is exerted.] And Ben-hadad fled, and came into [Heb. to] the city [i.e., Aphek. Rawlinson interprets this statement to mean that he "fled from the wall, where he had been at the time of the disaster, into the inner parts of the city," but this is extremely doubtful. Observe the words, "fled and cane to the city" - words almost identical with those used of the fugitives above], into an inner chamber. [Heb. into a chamber within a chamber, as in <a href="/1_kings/22-25.htm">1 Kings 22:25</a>. This cannot mean from chamber to chamber," as marg. It is to be observed that חֶדֶר alone signifies properly an inner chamber. See <a href="/genesis/43-30.htm">Genesis 43:30</a>; <a href="/judges/16-9.htm">Judges 16:9, 12</a>. Rawlinson thinks that a secret chamber may be meant "a chamber in the wall, or one beneath the floor of another."] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/20-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The rest of them הַנּוֹתָרִ֥ים ׀ (han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve fled וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ (way·yā·nu·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> To flit, vanish away into אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the city הָעִיר֒ (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of Aphek, אֲפֵקָה֮ (’ă·p̄ê·qāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_663.htm">Strong's 663: </a> Aphek -- perhaps 'fortress', the name of several places in Palestine where the wall הַחוֹמָ֔ה (ha·ḥō·w·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection fell וַתִּפֹּל֙ (wat·tip·pōl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against twenty-seven עֶשְׂרִ֨ים (‘eś·rîm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth thousand אֶ֛לֶף (’e·lep̄) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> A thousand of the remaining הַנּוֹתָרִ֑ים (han·nō·w·ṯā·rîm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve men. אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person Ben-hadad הֲדַ֣ד (hă·ḏaḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1130.htm">Strong's 1130: </a> Ben-hadad -- 'son of Hadad', the name of several Aramean (Syrian) kings also fled נָ֔ס (nās) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5127.htm">Strong's 5127: </a> To flit, vanish away to the city הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement and hid וַיָּבֹ֥א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go in אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to an inner room. חֶ֥דֶר (ḥe·ḏer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2315.htm">Strong's 2315: </a> A chamber, room <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/20-30.htm">1 Kings 20:30 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-30.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 20:30 But the rest fled to Aphek into (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/20-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 20:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 20:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/20-31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 20:31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 20:31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>