King Ben-hadad of Aram gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, along with horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria, laid siege to it, and attacked it.
1 Kings 20:24 - New Revised Standard Version Also do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in place of them; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And do this thing: Remove the kings, each from his place, and put governors in their stead. American Standard Version (1901) And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room; Common English Bible This is what you need to do: Remove the kings from their military posts and appoint officials in their place. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, you should do this word: Remove each of the kings from your army, and set commanders in their place. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do thou therefore this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead. |
King Ben-hadad of Aram gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, along with horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria, laid siege to it, and attacked it.
They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings allied with him.
The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” He heeded their voice, and did so.
Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, “Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.”