Verse 16
1 Kings 20:16
World English Bible, British Edition
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They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in
the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצְא֖וּ בַּֽ/צָּהֳרָ֑יִם וּ/בֶן הֲדַד֩ שֹׁתֶ֨ה שִׁכּ֜וֹר בַּ/סֻּכּ֗וֹת ה֧וּא וְ/הַ/מְּלָכִ֛ים שְׁלֹשִֽׁים וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם מֶ֖לֶךְ עֹזֵ֥ר אֹתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And they went out at noon, and Ben Hadad was drinking drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings who helped him.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were
thirty-two kings with him...
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2
He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him,
“Ben Hadad says,
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3
‘Your silver and your gold are mine. Your wives also and your children,
even the best, are mine.’”
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4
The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying,
my lord, O king. I am yours, and all t...
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5
The messengers came again and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed
to you, saying, “You shall deliv...
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6
but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they
will search your house and the...
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7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and
said, “Please notice how this man see...
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8
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen,
and don’t consent.”
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9
Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord
the king, ‘All that you sent for to...
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10
Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also,
if the dust of Samaria will b...
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11
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts
on his armour brag like he who takes...
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12
When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and
the kings in the pavilions, he said to...
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13
Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said,
“The LORD says, ‘Have you seen all thi...
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14
Ahab said, “By whom?”
He said, “The LORD says, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’”...
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15
Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces,
and they were two hundred and thirty...
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16
They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in
the pavilions, he and the kings,...
17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben
Hadad sent out, and they told...
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18
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive;
or if they have come out for war, take t...
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19
So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes
of the provinces, and the army which fol...
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20
They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them.
Ben Hadad the king of Syria esc...
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21
The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and
killed the Syrians with a great...
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22
The prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen
yourself, and plan what...
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23
The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is
a god of the hills; therefore they were...
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24
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and
put captains in their place.
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25
Muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and
chariot for chariot. We will fi...
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26
At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went
up to Aphek to fight against Isra...
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27
The children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went
against them. The children of Is...
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28
A man of God (Elohim) came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “The
LORD says, ‘Because...
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29
They encamped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the
seventh day the battle was joined; and...
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30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven
thousand men who were l...
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31
His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of
the house of Israel are merciful...
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32
So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads,
and came to the king of Israel, and...
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33
Now the men observed diligently and hurried to take this phrase;
and they said, “Your brother Ben Ha...
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34
Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father
I will restore. You shall m...
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35
A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow
by the LORD’s word, “Please strike me!”...
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36
Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD’s voice,
behold, as soon as you have depa...
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37
Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.”
The man struck him and wounded him.
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38
So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised
himself with his headband...
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39
As the king passed by, he cried to the king, and he said, “Your servant
went out into the middle of...
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40
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.”
The king of Israel said to him, “So shall you...
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41
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the
king of Israel recognised that he was...
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42
He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your
hand the man whom I had devoted...
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43
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came
to Samaria.
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