Verse 16
1 Kings 20:16
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that 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
And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings...
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And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hada...
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Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
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And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine...
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And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, s...
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but I will send my servants unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and...
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Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how t...
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And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.
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Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send...
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And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria...
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And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast hims...
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And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the...
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And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou s...
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14
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah, By the young men of the princes of the prov...
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Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty...
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And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kin...
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And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they t...
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And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for...
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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
And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the ki...
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And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a grea...
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And the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark...
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And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they...
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And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
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and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot...
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And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to A...
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And the children of Israel were mustered, and were victualed, and went against them: and the childre...
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And a man of God (Elohim) came near and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah,...
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And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the...
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But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that...
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And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are...
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So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israe...
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Now the men observed diligently, and hasted to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Thy br...
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And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore; and tho...
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And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of Jehovah, Smite me,...
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Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou ar...
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Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wound...
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So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband...
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And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst...
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And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So sh...
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And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that h...
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And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I ha...
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And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
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