1 Kings 22:36

And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

In Context

35And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

37for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.

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Cross References

Judges 7:7And the Lord said to Gideon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Midian into thy hand; and all the rest of the people shall go every one to his place.

1 Samuel 4:10And they fought with them; and the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his tent; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand fighting men.

1 Kings 12:16And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

1 Kings 22:17And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, Is not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.

2 Kings 14:12And Judah was overthrown before Israel, and every man fled to his tent.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:30-41

Ahab's Death. ( b. c. 897.) 29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the… Read the whole commentary →

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