1 Kings 20:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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!”

Cross References

1 Kings 16:9

Zimri commanded half of Elah's chariots, and he made plans to kill Elah. One day, Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the home of Arza, his prime minister,

1 Kings 20:15

So Ahab called together the two hundred and thirty-two young soldiers and the seven thousand troops in Israel's army, and he got them ready to fight the Syrians.

1 Kings 22:31

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

Proverbs 20:1

It isn't clever to get drunk! Drinking makes a fool of you and leads to fights.

Isaiah 5:22

And you are great at drinking and mixing drinks. But you are in for trouble.

Isaiah 54:15

I will never send anyone to attack your city, and you will make prisoners of those who do attack.

Hosea 4:11

and have been unfaithful to me, their LORD. My people, you are foolish because of too much pleasure and too much wine.

Amos 6:7

So you will be the first to be dragged off as captives; your good times will end.