1 Kings 20:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

King Benhadad of Syria called his army together. He was joined by thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots, and together they marched to Samaria and attacked.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:18

When Asa heard about this, he took the silver and gold from his palace and from the LORD's temple. He gave it to some of his officials and sent them to Damascus with this message for King Benhadad of Syria:

1 Kings 15:20

Benhadad did what Asa asked and sent the Syrian army into Israel. They captured the towns of Ijon, Dan, and Abel-Bethmaacah, and the territories of Chinneroth and Naphtali.

1 Kings 16:24

then he bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for six thousand pieces of silver. He built a town there and named it Samaria, after Shemer who had owned the hill.

1 Kings 20:16

At midday, King Ahab and his Israelite army marched out of Samaria, with the young soldiers in front. King Benhadad of Syria and the thirty-two kings with him were drunk when the scouts he had sent out ran up to his tent, shouting, “We just now saw soldiers marching out of Samaria!”

1 Kings 20:2

Benhadad sent a messenger to tell King Ahab of Israel,

1 Kings 20:24

Here's what you should do. First, get rid of those thirty-two kings and put army commanders in their places.

1 Kings 22:31

The king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders to attack only Ahab.

2 Kings 6:8

Time after time, when the king of Syria was at war against the Israelites, he met with his officers and announced, “I've decided where we will set up camp.”

2 Kings 8:5

While Gehazi was telling him that Elisha had brought a dead boy back to life, the woman and her son arrived. “Here's the boy, Your Majesty,” Gehazi said. “And this is his mother.”

Ezra 7:12

Greetings from the great King Artaxerxes to Ezra the priest and expert in the teachings of the God of heaven.

Exodus 14:7

He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites.

Isaiah 10:8

The king of Assyria says: My army commanders are kings!

Isaiah 37:24

You let your officials insult me, the Lord. And here is what you have said about yourself, “I led my chariots to the highest heights of Lebanon's mountains. I went deep into its forest, cutting down the best cedar and cypress trees.

Jeremiah 49:27

I will set fire to your city walls and burn down the fortresses King Benhadad built.

Ezekiel 26:7

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia is the world's most powerful king, and I will send him to attack you. He will march from the north with a powerful army, including horses and chariots and cavalry troops.

Daniel 2:37

Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings, and God has highly honoured you with power

Leviticus 26:25

War will break out because you broke our agreement, and if you escape to your walled cities, I'll punish you with horrible diseases, and you will be captured by your enemies.

Amos 1:4

Now I will burn down the palaces and fortresses of King Hazael and of King Benhadad.

Deuteronomy 20:1

If you have to go to war, you may find yourselves facing an enemy army that is bigger than yours and that has horses and chariots. But don't be afraid! The LORD your God rescued you from Egypt, and he will help you fight.

Deuteronomy 28:52

All over the land that the LORD your God gave you, the enemy army will surround your towns. You may feel safe inside your town walls, but the enemy will tear them down,

Judges 1:7

and he said, “I've cut off the thumbs and big toes of seventy kings and made those kings crawl around under my table for scraps of food. Now God is paying me back.” The army of Judah took the king of Bezek along with them to Jerusalem, where he died.

Judges 4:3

Jabin's army had nine hundred iron chariots, and for twenty years he made life miserable for the Israelites, until finally they begged the LORD for help.

1 Samuel 13:5

The Philistines called their army together to fight Israel. They had three thousand chariots, six thousand cavalry, and as many foot soldiers as there are grains of sand on the beach. They went to Michmash and set up camp there east of Beth-Aven.