Then the king got up and took his seat in the gate. The troops were all told, “See, the king is sitting in the gate,” and all the troops came before the king. Meanwhile, all the Israelites had fled to their homes.
1 Kings 22:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then about sunset a shout went through the army, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And there went a cry throughout the army about sundown, saying, Every man to his city and his own country, American Standard Version (1901) And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country. Common English Bible When the sun set, a shout spread throughout the camp: “Retreat to your towns! Retreat to your land!” Catholic Public Domain Version And a herald proclaimed throughout the entire army, before the setting of the sun, saying: "Let each one return to his own city, and to his own land." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the herald proclaimed through all the army before the sun set, saying: Let every man return to his own city, and to his own country. |
Then the king got up and took his seat in the gate. The troops were all told, “See, the king is sitting in the gate,” and all the troops came before the king. Meanwhile, all the Israelites had fled to their homes.
When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David.” So Israel went away to their tents.
Thus says the Lord: You shall not go up or fight against your kindred the people of Israel. Let everyone go home, for this thing is from me.” So they heeded the word of the Lord and went home again, according to the word of the Lord.
Then Micaiah said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each one go home in peace.’ ”
Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, “Fight with no one small or great but only with the king of Israel.”
The battle grew hot that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans until at evening he died; the blood from the wound had flowed into the bottom of the chariot.
So the king died and was brought to Samaria; they buried the king in Samaria.
So the Israelites departed from there at that time by tribes and families, and they went out from there to their own territories.
So the Philistines fought; Israel was defeated, and they fled, everyone to his home. There was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.