The young men who served the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
1 Kings 20:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But these had already come out of the city: the young men who served the district governors and the army that followed them. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So these [strong young guards] of the governors of the districts went out of [Samaria], and the army followed them. American Standard Version (1901) So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them. Common English Bible So the servants of the district governors with the army behind them marched out from the city. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out, and the remainder of the army was following. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the servants of the princes of the provinces went out, and the rest of the army followed. |
The young men who served the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
Each killed his man; the Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.
So Joab and the troops who were with him advanced toward the Arameans for battle, and they fled before him.