1 Kings 20:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ Ahab asked, ‘By whom? ’ And the prophet said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “By the young men of the provincial leaders.” ’ Then he asked, ‘Who is to start the battle? ’ He said, ‘You.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says the Lord: By the young men [the attendants or bodyguards] of the governors of the districts. Then Ahab said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, You.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he answered, Thou.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Ahab said, “Who will do it?” The prophet answered, “This is what the LORD says: The servants of the district officials will do it.” “Who should start the battle?” Ahab asked. “You should,” the prophet replied.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said to him: "Thus says the Lord: By the footmen of the leaders of the provinces." And he said, "Who should begin to do battle?" And he said, "You should."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ And Achab said: By whom? And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. And he said: Who shall begin to fight? And he said: Thou.

1 Kings 20:14 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 18:44

On the seventh  time, he reported, ‘There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming up from the sea.’ Then Elijah said, ‘Go and tell Ahab, “Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.” ’

1 Kings 20:13

A prophet approached King Ahab of Israel and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do you see this whole huge army? Watch, I am handing it over to you today so that you may know that I am the Lord.” ’

1 Kings 20:15

So Ahab mobilised the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he mobilised all the Israelite troops: 7,000.

1 Kings 20:17

The young men of the provincial leaders marched out first. Then Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, ‘Men are marching out of Samaria.’

1 Samuel 17:50

David defeated the Philistine with a sling and a stone. David overpowered the Philistine and killed him without having a sword.