The young men who serve the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
1 Kings 20:18 - New Revised Standard Version He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 And he said, Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive. American Standard Version (1901) 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 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 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 And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive. |
The young men who serve the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
But these had already come out of the city: the young men who serve the district governors, and the army that followed them.
Before destruction one's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him. Many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the field.”