Verse 21
1 Kings 20:21
Bible in Basic English
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And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יַּ֥ךְ אֶת הַ/סּ֖וּס וְ/אֶת הָ/רָ֑כֶב וְ/הִכָּ֥ה בַ/אֲרָ֖ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה
English Translation
And the king of Israel went out and struck the horse and the chariot and struck down the Arameans with a great blow.
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Chapter 20 Context
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Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses an...
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And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;
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And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and childre...
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And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I ha...
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Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you...
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But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and...
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Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take no...
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And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he s...
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So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the...
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Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust...
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And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putti...
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Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he sai...
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13
Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this grea...
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And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, The Lord says, By the servants of the chiefs who are over the d...
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Then he got together the servants of all the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land, two hun...
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And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-...
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And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when...
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And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, t...
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So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army comin...
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And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them;...
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And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destructio...
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Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take...
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Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were...
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This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their pla...
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And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage...
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So, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.
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And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against th...
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And a man of God (Elohim) came up and said to the king of Israel, The Lord says, Because the Aramaea...
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Now the two armies kept their positions facing one another for seven days. And on the seventh day th...
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But the rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thou...
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Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then pu...
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So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your se...
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Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your broth...
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And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may m...
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And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Give me...
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Then he said to him, Because you have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, straight away when you...
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Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him...
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So the prophet went away, and pulling his head-band over his eyes to keep his face covered, took his...
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And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a ma...
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But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to h...
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Then he quickly took the head-band from his eyes; and the king of Israel saw that he was one of the...
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And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man...
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Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.
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