1 Kings 20:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Each killed his man; the Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And each one killed his man; the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben-hadad king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Each one struck down his opponent, so that the Arameans fled. Israel chased after them. Ben-hadad, Aram’s king, escaped with some horses and chariots.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And each one struck down the man who came against him. And the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Also, Benhadad, the king of Syria, fled on a horse, with his horsemen.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And every one slew the man that came against him. And the Syrians fled: and Israel pursued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled away on horseback with his horsemen.

1 Kings 20:20 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:16

Each grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.

1 Kings 15:18

Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house and gave them into the hands of his servants. King Asa sent them to King Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion of Aram, who resided in Damascus, saying,

1 Kings 20:19

But these had already come out of the city: the young men who served the district governors and the army that followed them.

1 Kings 20:21

The king of Israel went out, attacked the horses and chariots, and inflicted a massive defeat on the Arameans.

2 Kings 19:36

Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 46:6

The nations are in an uproar; the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice; the earth melts.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Jeremiah 41:15

But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

Leviticus 26:8

Five of you shall give chase to a hundred, and a hundred of you shall give chase to ten thousand; your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Judges 7:23

And the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after the Midianites.