I saw — In the spirit, or in a vision. The hills — Upon the mountains of Gilead, nigh Ramoth, where they lay encamped by Ahab's order. As sheep — As people who have lost their king. Return — Discharged from the war: which was fulfilled, 1 Kings 22:26.
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1 Kings 22:17
17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.