1 Kings 20:18

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

17The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”

19So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:3“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

1 Samuel 17:44The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the field.”

Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honour is humility.

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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