"The
Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the
valleys.” (v.28)
The king
of Syria, Ben-hadad, together with his great army, had suffered a humiliating
defeat at the hands of Israel and king Ahab. Since Palestine is rather
mountainous, king Ben-hadad mistakenly concluded that the Israelites had been
successful because their god was a god of the hills. If he could but engage
them again in the valley, he was sure that he could easily overcome them.
A prophet
of the Lord then spoke to King Ahab saying, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the
Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of
the valleys, ”I will therefore give all this great multitude into your hand,
and you shall know that I am the Lord.’ ” (v.28) When the battle came,
God's people won an even more impressive victory.
Thus,
both Israel and the Syrians were shown that God is not limited by time or space,
He is the LORD of all the earth - even in the valley of deepest testing!
The
Truth:
“Look to
Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no
other.” (Isaiah 45:22)
