KJV King James Version
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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1 Kings 22:11
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
WEB World English Bible
Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’”
ASV American Standard Version
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah maketh for himself horns of iron, and saith, ‘Thus said Jehovah, By these thou dost push the Aramaeans till they are consumed;’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 22
8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.
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.
11 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.
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.
13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.
14 And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
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וַיַּ֥עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doל֛וֹH9033 · ohimצִדְקִיָּ֥הH6667 · tsid.qiy.yahZedekiahבֶֽן־H1121 · benson: childכְּנַעֲנָ֖הH3668 · ke.na.a.nahChenaanahקַרְנֵ֣יH7161 · qe.renhornבַרְזֶ֑לH1270 · bar.zelironוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559 · a.marto sayכֹּֽה־H3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּאֵ֛לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseתְּנַגַּ֥חH5055 · na.gachto goreאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲרָ֖םH758 · a.ramAramעַד־H5704 · adtillכַּלֹּתָֽם׃H3615 · ka.lahto end: finish
Cross-references
Zechariah 1:18-21Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.Deuteronomy 33:17His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh.Acts 19:13-16Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.Jeremiah 23:17They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.Jeremiah 27:2Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,Jeremiah 23:31Behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.Ezekiel 13:6-9They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made [others] to hope that they would confirm the word.Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.Jeremiah 28:10-14Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.2 Corinthians 11:13-15For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.Ezekiel 22:27-28Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.Jeremiah 29:21Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;Jeremiah 28:2-3Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.Micah 3:11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
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