1 Kings 20:28

And there came a man of God [Whether this is the same person as the "prophet" of 1 Kings 20:13 , 1 Kings 20:22 , is not quite clear. The difference in the designation would lead us to suppose that a different messenger was meant. It is true the Hebrew has the article "the man of God" ( LXX . ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ θεοῦ ), but אִיּשׁ הֶאֱלהִים (see 13:6 ; Deuteronomy 33:1 ) is often hardly distinguishable from the same words without the article], and spake [Heb. said, same word as below] unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians [Heb. Syria, but with a plural verb] have said, The Lord is Cod 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. [It was partly for the instruction of Israel, and to confirm their wavering faith in Jehovah (see verse 13), that this deliverance was wrought. But it was also that neighbouring nations might learn His power, and that His name might be magnified among the heathen.]