1Ki 20:22-30  ‘The God of the Mountain is the God of the Valley’

[Study Aired June 9, 2022]

1Ki 20:22  And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 
1Ki 20:23  And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 
1Ki 20:24  And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
1Ki 20:25  And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. 
1Ki 20:26  And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 
1Ki 20:27  And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. 
1Ki 20:28  And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God 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. 
1Ki 20:29  And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
1Ki 20:30  But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

In our last study, King Ahab, whose life represents that of God’s elect, was brought into remembrance by circumstances that God created through King Benhadad. How valuable the riches were in the temple that Ahab, which up to this point he had seemingly taken for granted. The lesson for God’s elect is that human nature can take anything for granted, and unless God gives us trials and tribulations, which came to Ahab by way of Benhadad, we would continue in this careless mindset of not holding fast to our crown, which all those riches represent (see vs 3: “Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest” [Rev 3:11).

Rev 3:11  I am coming quickly. Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.

By God’s grace and mercy, Ahab had this laissez-faire spirit burned out of him. What an interesting modern word “laissez-faire” is, which would roughly translate into English as ‘leave the people do as they choose’. King Ahab is us as that carnal babe in Christ, and unless the Lord intervenes we will just do what we think is naturally right in our own eyes and even believe this is for the betterment of all others, letting ‘our brothers’ do as they choose (Pro 14:12, Pro 16:25, 1Co 5:11, Act 20:28).

Pro 14:12  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 

Pro 16:25  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 

1Co 5:11  But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Act 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

This natural mind was as much a part of Christ as it is in all men, and unless Christ suffered in His flesh and learned obedience by those things which He suffered, losing His life in the process so He could gain it, we would not have a savior and high priest as we do today (Heb 4:15).

Heb 4:15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

The feelings of our infirmities (Psa 119:67-71) includes being marred in the hand of the Potter (Jer 18:4) and being subject to a way that seems right to all mankind in this corruptible flesh. Nevertheless, Christ, being in that marred condition and having God’s spirit without measure, (“for God giveth not the Spirit by measure” [Joh 3:34]), always obeyed His Father and said not my will but your will be done — even as He was learning obedience through the things which He suffered (Heb 5:8-9, Mat 16:24, 2Ti 2:12, Luk 22:44).

Heb 5:8  Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 
Heb 5:9  And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Mat 16:24  Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Christ denied himself to become our High Priest who can now save us from our natural tendency to deny Him in our flesh (Gal 2:20). Only Christ can be Christ, and He won’t deny Himself the work of saving all those whom the Father has given Him to save as a kind of first fruits unto God (2Ti 2:12-15, Joh 6:39, Jas 1:18, 1Pe 2:9).

2Ti 2:12  If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 
2Ti 2:13  If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself [These are the profitable words that’s God children have been called to believe in order to do the work of God in this life].
2Ti 2:14  Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 
2Ti 2:15  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 

Joh 6:39  And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Jas 1:18  Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. (1Jn 2:17, Php 2:13)

1Pe 2:9  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

The winnowing process spoken of in Matthew 3:12 applies to our Head, Jesus Christ, as much as it does to His Body as well (Col 1:24), and unless the Lord builds the spiritual house within us which consists of many members that make up His body (Rom 12:5), we will be laboring in vain (Psa 127:1, Col 1:27). We are not laboring in vain however, any more than Christ was, and the reason is clear to God’s elect as to why this is the case: (1Co 15:58, Joh 5:30, Joh 15:5, Php 2:12-13).

1Co 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

Joh 5:30  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 

Joh 15:5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 

Php 2:12  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 
Php 2:13  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 

This particular study is centered around the truth of scripture that tells us God is the God of the mountain as well as the God of the plain or valley, which is another way of reminding us that God’s will is being fulfilled in the lives of His children on earth…

“Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys“ (1Ki 20:28)

…as it is in heaven:

“Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys” (1Ki 20:28)

… and as such we have nothing to fear as we die daily and serve our Lord and His body, of which Body we are told, “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven [represented by the hills] and in earth [represented by the plains]” (Mat 28:18, Php 2:12-13).

Mat 28:18  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 

Php 2:12  Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 
Php 2:13  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. [“in heaven and in earth“]

1Ki 20:22  And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. 

The day of the Lord can be likened to one year (“for at the return of the year” of this verse), and Ahab is being told, as we are, that we are to prepare ourselves for battle (Psa 90:11-14, Eph 6:13). Ahab’s battle was physical and ours is spiritual in the Lord who gives us the power to “strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest” (Eph 6:12, Php 4:13).

Psa 90:11  Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 
Psa 90:12  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 
Psa 90:13  Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. 
Psa 90:14  O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

Eph 6:12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 
Eph 6:13  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

Php 4:13  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

What we must do to overcome sin after having done all is stand up against “the king of Syria” who “will come up against thee” who typifies Satan (Mat 4:2-3). The preparation for that battle against “the King of Syria” requires that “the prophet” come “to the king of Israel” to alert us of this day of visitation or judgment that is coming, and we are to heed this warning (Eze 2:5, Luk 12:47, 1Th 5:20).

Mat 4:2  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 
Mat 4:3  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 

Eze 2:5  And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. 

Luk 12:47  And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 

1Th 5:20  Despise not prophesyings.

1Ki 20:23  And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 
1Ki 20:24  And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: 
1Ki 20:25  And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

It is “the servants of the king of Syria” who come to the king of Syria to give him their earthly counsel as opposed to the prophet who came to the king of Israel to let Ahab know for certain what was going to happen (Amo 3:7).

Amo 3:7  Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Carnal reasoning for taking “the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms” never works! To dismiss the ordained rulers (“the kings”) and replace them with the ‘military commanders’ will not bode well (Pro 14:12).

1Ki 20:24  So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders. (NET)

Their pagan concepts of who they thought God was were defined with a small ‘g’, “god”. They believed that they had the “home court advantage” against Israel because of their belief that Israel’s ‘god’ only battled well in the mountains and as such was only the god of the mountains.

The lesson for God’s elect is to not lose sight that God can and will fight all our battles, the ones in the plain and the ones in hills, which are symbols for us of how Christ has all power over heaven and earth where He will reign victoriously (Mat 28:18, Isa 33:22).

Mat 28:18  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 

Isa 33:22  For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.

The fleshly carnal mind just naturally wants to compartmentalize God, and this pantheistic approach of the Syrians in defining who they thought Israel’s God was, led to their destruction.

The definition of insanity was once defined as doing the same thing over and over with the same wrong results, which is what we do when we are in the bondage of sin and why we read of Syria’s preparation for war in these terms: “And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.“

I can’t help but think of comparing this story to Gog and Magog (Rev 20:8-9). This battle at the end of the thousand year reign of the saints has the same delusional undertones as that of “the servants of the king of Syria“.

Rev 20:8  And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

1Ki 20:26  And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
1Ki 20:27  And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

Verse 26 explains why Benhadad, or anyone who is trying to fight spiritual warfare, will lose if they number the Syrians” (2Sa 24:1, 1Ch 21:1, Jas 1:13), representing our trust in our flesh and our own strength, which is what “Aphek^H663” means. It doesn’t say who numbered Israel, as opposed to declaring “that Benhadad numbered the Syrians“, the point being that the Lord is the one who determines our ranks and how many we need to win the battle (Jdg 7:7, Heb 11:32.

Jdg 7:7  And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men [Rom 2:4] that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

This is all symbolic language telling us that we need to get out of the way and confess our transgressions (300 men – process of judgment) so that God can fight the battle for us through Christ (Gideon) and the body of Christ (Gideon’s army). Our victory comes about by hoping in those things which we don’t see which requires the faith of Christ that is in His body the church, represented by Gideon’s army (Joh 20:29).

Heb 11:32  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

More contrast is drawn for us in regard to the children of Israel who were numbered, and all present looking “like two little flocks of kids;” who were all present and pitched before the vastly larger Syrian army that “filled the country“. The contrast with “two little flocks of kids” and an army that “filled the country” reminds us that with Christ in us as His little flock who are “all present” as one body (Luk 12:32), we have nothing to fear regarding what any size army symbolizing our trials may come our way such as this one that “filled the country” (Rom 8:35-39, Mat 16:18).

Luk 12:32  Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Rom 8:35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 
Rom 8:36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 
Rom 8:37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 
Rom 8:38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 
Rom 8:39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Mat 16:18  And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

H663‘ăphêq    ‘ăphı̂yq    af-ake’, af-eek’    From H662 (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine: – Aphek, Aphik.  Total KJV occurrences: 9

1Ki 20:28  And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God 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.

This verse makes it very apparent how easy it is for the Lord to deliver us from our enemies, declared by the ‘man of God’ who comes and prophesies of things to come.

It is the prophets of old who came to Israel, expressed this way by the holy spirit “who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets”, and it is Christ who comes to us as the Comforter who will lead us into all Truth today through the church (Heb 1:1-3, Amo 3:7, 1Pe 1:12, 1Co 10:11, Joh 14:16-17, Eph 3:10).

Heb 1:1  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 
Heb 1:2  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 
Heb 1:3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 

Joh 14:16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 
Joh 14:17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you [Col 1:27].

Eph 3:10  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

This is exactly what this man of God says for our sakes today: “Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God 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.“

God is showing us through this event in history how He deals with any unbelief within Christ’s body, the church (Col 1:24). Notice it says, “And ye shall know that I am the LORD” — after the Syrians within me are destroyed who would have me believe that God is only God in certain parts of my earth [my life], when in fact He is the “God of the hills” as well as the “God of the valley“.

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church: 

1Ki 20:29  And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
1Ki 20:30  But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

Both sides pitching one over against the other for seven days is a physical representation of the flesh being against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh (Gal 5:17) and how there must be a complete readiness of mind before “the battle was joined“. Such a battle symbolizes Christ now entering into the holy of holies which no man, specifically our carnal self, can enter. The carnal, first man Adam, is destroyed in spiritual battle, typified by Syria being overcome in this physical battle (Rev 15:8). The number slain “in one day” was “an hundred thousand footmen” reminds us that this battle represents the destruction of our readied and completely prepared carnal hearts which are deceitful and desperately wicked. But for the grace through faith of Christ, the sin that lies at the doors of our heart would sift us via the destroyer Satan (Gen 4:7, Luk 22:31).

Gal 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Rev 15:8  And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. 

Gen 4:7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him  [Eph 2:8].

Luk 22:31  And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 

Notice the rest fled “to Aphek, into the city” to escape the battle “and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left“, telling us that our sins will find us out and there is no refuge or strength to be found when we go “to Aphek, into the city” which symbolizes our leaning to our own understanding (Num 32:23, Pro 3:3-6).

Num 32:23  But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.

Pro 3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 
Pro 3:4  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 
Pro 3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 
Pro 3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 

The good news for God’s elect is that He is working with us as His workmanship so our old man will be sought out and completely destroyed by Christ as He knocks down our walls within our weakly fortified cities within ourselves in order to destroy our carnal nature as He gives us a new heart (Eze 36:26).

Eze 36:26  I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

This wall that kills 27,000 is a multiple of ten that represents flesh and blood which cannot inherit the kingdom of God and is prevented by the fiery sword which turns every way to keep the tree of life (Gen 3:24). It can also be likened to the shout of the armies of Israel that caused the walls of Jericho to fall, an act of faith typifying that when the body of Christ is of one mind, and all come in the unity of the faith being of one voice, our enemies are conquered (Jos 6:16, Jos 6:20-21, Heb 11:30).

Jos 6:16  And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.

Jos 6:20  So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 
Jos 6:21  And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 

Sin is persistent and will always be at the door of our hearts to be overcome, and it will desperately try to hide itself in the inner chamber of our hearts and minds: “And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.” However, the Lord will seek it out and destroy it all, at an appointed time. The appointed time is an ongoing dying-daily process for God’s elect who are being judged today [27,000 – the 2+7 (which adds to 9) (1Pe 4:17)], a judgment that will conclude at our last breath, bringing us unto perfection on the third day, if we are blessed of God to endure until the end (Mat 24:13).

Luk 13:32  And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected. 

Mat 24:13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Next week, Lord willing, we will look at the last section of chapter twenty in Kings. Here are the verses:

1Ki 20:31  And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
1Ki 20:32  So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
1Ki 20:33  Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
1Ki 20:34 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
1Ki 20:35  And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
1Ki 20:36  Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
1Ki 20:37  Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
1Ki 20:38  So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
1Ki 20:39  And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
1Ki 20:40  And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
1Ki 20:41  And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1Ki 20:42  And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
1Ki 20:43  And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.