1 Kings 20:23-30 ESV
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24 And do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in their places, 25 and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

26 In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. 27 And the people of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went against them. The people of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the country. 28 And a man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” 29 And they encamped opposite one another seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined. And the people of Israel struck down of the Syrians 100,000 foot soldiers in one day. 30 And the rest fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left.

TWO LITTLE FLOCKS.
The Syrians were planning a counter-attack against Israel. They were convinced that Israel has gods of the hills but not in the valleys. Thus, they consolidated their armies. This was a sound military strategy for horses could better function in the plains. It was a faulty theology, however, for the true God isn’t bound by geography. Like the Syrians, people today had beliefs and hopes today anchored upon mere superstitions.

God did step in through the man of God, who said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,” therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’” Was it to prove the Syrians wrong, first and foremost? No! That the king and the nation of Israel may know that Jehovah is the Lord! God’s name was at stake more than the nation of Israel.

God does what He does for His glory. Anything else He uses are just His instruments. It doesn’t matter before Him for He can either use either with many or few. The people of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats before the multitude of Syrians looked pathetic for seven days. But, during their confrontation at the seventh day, this two little flocks with God had struck down 100,000 Syrians and the 7,00 who fled died under a collapsed wall. Clearly, this was not short of a miracle.

Regarding God’s zeal for His glory, let’s be reminded to the words of Paul. He said, “God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” [1 Cor 1:29-31]

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