1 Kings 20:18

And he says, “If they have come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they have come out for battle, catch them alive.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

In Context

17And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sends, and they declare to him, saying, “Men have come out of Samaria.”

19And these have gone out of the city—the young men of the heads of the provinces—and the force that [is] after them,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:3You do not multiply—you speak haughtily—The old saying goes out from your mouth, || For YHWH [is] a God of knowledge, || And actions are weighed by Him.

1 Samuel 17:44and the Philistine says to David, “Come to me, and I give your flesh to the bird of the heavens, and to the beast of the field.”

Proverbs 18:12The heart of man is high before destruction, || And humility [is] before honor.

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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