But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city,.... Which perhaps was in the hands of the Syrians, and was designed for a retreat for them, should they be beaten:and there a wall fell upon twenty seven thousand of the men that were left; not slain in the battle; here again the Lord might be seen, who, as Abarbinel observes, fought from heaven, and either by a violent wind, or an earthquake, threw down the wall upon them just as they had got under it for shelter:and Benhadad fled, and came into the city into an inner chamber; or, "into a chamber within a chamber" , for greater secrecy.
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1 Kings 20:30
1 Kings 20:30
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