1 Kings 20:19

So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

In Context

18And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

20And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 19:14So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 20:13-22

Ben-hadad's Defeat. ( b. c. 900.) 12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. 13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord . 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he… Read the whole commentary →

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