T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S
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By H. A . IRONSIDE* Chicago, Illinois
our armies, and will come against Is rael at the turn of the year, but we will be careful not to be lured by them into the highlands. We will draw them down into the plains, and there we will overwhelm them, and we will prove that our gods are the gods of the valleys, and theirs is not.” When this word came, Jehovah sent a prophet to Ahab, saying, “Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord” (1 Ki. 20:28). The people of Israel were just a little company, and the Syrians en camped against them were a great
expect any blessing, yet, because of the need of His people, and because of the proud and.hard Syrians, God intervened in a wonderful way; and in the hill country, in the northern part of the land, He gave to Israel a great victory so that the Syrians Were utterly scattered. Trying to account for their defeat, the Syrians said something like this: “It is very evident that the God of Israel is .a God of the hills;, our gods are gods of the valleys. These Is raelites are highlanders: they are used to the mountains, and their God is accustomed to giving them victory in the hiJI. country. Their God is a God of the hills; He is not the God of the valleys; therefore, we will reorganize
"And there come a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said. Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said. The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will 1 deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that 1 am the Lord" (1 Ki. 20:28). •T "jT THEN AHAB of evil memory \ / \ / was king of Israel, Ben-ha- V Y dad, king of Syria, sought an occasion of quarrel with him, and invaded the land of Israel with a great army. Although Ahab had no real title or right to cry to God and
*Pastor, Moody Memorial Church .•
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