1 Kings 20:19

The young Israeli soldiers went out of the city to attack the Syrian army, and the other soldiers in the Israeli army followed them.

Translation for Translators

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

18He said, “It does not matter whether they are coming to fight against us or to ask for peace. Capture them, but do not kill them

20Each Israeli soldier killed a Syrian soldier. The rest of the Syrian army then ran away, and the Israeli soldiers pursued them. But King Ben-Hadad escaped riding his horse, along with some other men riding horses.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 19:14So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.

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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