1 Kings 22:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ 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.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ But the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with [Ahab] king of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

Common English Bible

³¹ Meanwhile, Aram’s king had commanded his thirty-two chariot officers, “Don’t bother with anyone big or small. Fight only with Israel’s king.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Now the king of Syria had instructed the thirty-two commanders of the chariots, saying, "You shall not fight against anyone, small or great, except against the king of Israel alone."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And the king of Syria had commanded the two and thirty captains of the chariots, saying: You shall not fight against any, small or great, but against the king of Israel only.

1 Kings 22:31 Cross References

Genesis 19:11

And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they were unable to find the door.

2 Samuel 17:2

I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,

1 Kings 20:1

King Ben-hadad of Aram gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, along with horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria, laid siege to it, and attacked it.

1 Kings 20:16

They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings allied with him.

1 Kings 20:24

Also do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in place of them;

1 Kings 22:32

When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “It is surely the king of Israel.” So they turned to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out.

2 Chronicles 18:30

Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, “Fight with no one small or great but only with the king of Israel.”

Jeremiah 16:6

Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them; there shall be no gashing, no shaving of the head for them.

1 Samuel 30:2

and taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great; they killed none of them but carried them off and went their way.