1 Kings 20:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And he said, Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ He said, “If they have come out in peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive as well.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he said: "If they have arrived for peace, apprehend them alive; if to do battle, capture them alive."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.

1 Kings 20:18 Cross References

1 Kings 20:17

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

1 Kings 20:19

So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Judges 9:40

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and there fell many wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

1 Samuel 17:44

And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.