1 Kings 22:11

22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. void: Heb. floor

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

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Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’”

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus says the LORD, With these shall you push the Syrians, until you have consumed them.

22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.

What does 1 Kings 22:11 mean?

1 Kings 22:11 is a verse in the book of 1 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צִדְקִיָּה (Tsidqîyâh), בֵּן (bên), כְּנַעֲנָה (Kᵉnaʻănâh). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

And

ZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהTsidqîyâh/tsid-kee-yaw'/H6667Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites

the

sonבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

ChenaanahכְּנַעֲנָהKᵉnaʻănâh/ken-ah-an-aw'/H3668Kenaanah, the name of two Israelites

madeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

him

hornsקֶרֶןqeren/keh'-ren/H7161a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power

iron:בַּרְזֶלbarzel/bar-zel'/H1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

and

said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

Thus

saithאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)

the

LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

With

these

shalt

thou

pushנָגַחnâgach/naw-gakh'/H5055to butt with the horns; figuratively, to war against

the

Syrians,אֲרָםʼĂrâm/arawm'/H758Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

until

thou

have

consumedכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

them.

Commentary on 1 Kings 22:11

HENRY_FULL · 1 Kings 22:11

gen6887" So sad was the character both of the princes and people of Israel, as described in the foregoing chapter, that one might have expected God would cast off a people that had so cast him off; but, as an evidence to the contrary, never was Israel so blessed with a good prophet as when it was so plagued with a bad king. Never was king so bold to sin as Ahab; never was prophet so bold to reprove and threaten as Elijah, whose story begins in this chapter and is full of wonders. Scarcely any part of the Old-Testament history shines brighter than this history of the spirit and power of Elias; he only, of all the prophets, had the honour of Enoch, the first prophet, to be translated, that he should not see death, and the honour of Moses, the great prophet, to attend our Saviour in his transfiguration. Other prophets prophesied and wrote, he prophesied and acted, but wrote nothing; but his actions cast more lustre on his name than their writings did on theirs. In this chapter we have, I. His prediction of a famine in Israel, through the want of rain, ver. 1 . II. The provision made for him in that famine, 1. By the ravens at the brook Cherith, ver. 2-7 . 2. When that failed, by the widow at Zarephath, who received him in the name of a prophet and had a prophet's reward; for (1.) He multiplied her meal and her oil, ver. 8-16 . (2.) He raised her dead son to life, ver. 17-24 . Thus his story begins with judgments and miracles, designed to awaken that stupid generation that had to deeply corrupted themselves. Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 12:22

But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

1 Chronicles 17:3

And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Jeremiah 7:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 11:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 18:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Hosea 1:1

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea 1:2

The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

Topics

Armies of Israel, the Micaiah Syria

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Kings 22:11.

2 Chronicles 18:10

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. they: Heb. thou consume them

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

1 Kings 22:24

But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

2 Chronicles 18:23

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

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What does 1 Kings 22:11 say?

1 Kings 22:11 (King James Version) reads: "And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them."

Is 1 Kings 22:11 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Kings 22:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Kings.

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