1 Kings 20:24

New American Bible - revised edition

This is what you must do: Take the kings from their posts and put prefects in their places.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:1

Ben-hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his forces and, accompanied by thirty-two kings with horses and chariotry, set out to besiege and attack Samaria.

1 Kings 20:16

They marched out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking heavily in the pavilions with the thirty-two kings who were his allies.

1 Kings 20:23

Meanwhile the servants of the king of Aram said to him: “Their gods are mountain gods. That is why they defeated us. But if we fight them on level ground, we shall be sure to defeat them.

1 Kings 20:25

Raise an army as large as the army you have lost, horse for horse, chariot for chariot. Let us fight them on level ground, and we shall surely defeat them.” He took their advice and did this.

1 Kings 22:31

In the meantime the king of Aram had given his thirty-two chariot commanders the order, “Do not fight with anyone, great or small, except the king of Israel alone.”

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel prevail against the Lord.