Verse 12

1 Kings 20:12

Geneva Bible

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12 And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions, he sayd vnto his seruants, Bring forth your engines, and they set them against the citie.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֗י כִּ/שְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה וְ/ה֥וּא שֹׁתֶ֛ה ה֥וּא וְ/הַ/מְּלָכִ֖ים בַּ/סֻּכּ֑וֹת וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל עֲבָדָי/ו֙ שִׂ֔ימוּ וַ/יָּשִׂ֖ימוּ עַל הָ/עִֽיר

English Translation

And it came to pass when he heard this word, and he was drinking, he and the kings in the booths, and he said to his servants, "Set it," and they set it upon the city.

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Chapter 20 Context

1 Then Ben-hadad the King of Aram assembled all his armie, and two and thirtie Kings with him, with ho... Focus ↗

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab King of Israel, into the citie, Focus ↗

3 And sayd vnto him, Thus sayth Ben-hadad, Thy siluer and thy golde is mine: also thy women, and thy f... Focus ↗

4 And the King of Israel answered, and sayd, My lord King, according to thy saying, I am thine, and al... Focus ↗

5 And when the messengers came againe, they said, Thus commandeth Ben-hadad, and saith, When I shall s... Focus ↗

6 Or els I will sende my seruants vnto thee by to morow this time: and they shall search thine house,... Focus ↗

7 Then the King of Israel sent for all the Elders of the land, and sayd, Take heede, I pray you, and s... Focus ↗

8 And all the Elders, and all the people sayd to him, Hearken not vnto him, nor consent. Focus ↗

9 Wherefore hee sayde vnto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lorde the King, All that thou didddest... Focus ↗

10 And Ben-hadad sent vnto him, and sayde, The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria b... Focus ↗

11 And the King of Israel answered, and sayd, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth his harneis, boast him... Focus ↗

12 And when he heard that tidings, as he was with the Kings drinking in the pauilions, he sayd vnto his...

13 And beholde, there came a Prophet vnto Ahab King of Israel, saying, Thus sayeth the Lord, Hast thou... Focus ↗

14 And Ahab sayd, By whome? And he sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, By the seruants of the princes of the pr... Focus ↗

15 Then he nombred the seruantes of the princes of the prouinces, and they were two hundreth, two and t... Focus ↗

16 And they went out at noone: but Ben-hadad did drinke till he was drunken in the tentes, both he and... Focus ↗

17 So the seruants of the princes of the prouinces went out first: and Ben-hadad sent out, and they she... Focus ↗

18 And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to f... Focus ↗

19 So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste w... Focus ↗

20 And they slew euery one his enemie: and the Aramites fled, and Israel pursued them: but Ben-hadad ye... Focus ↗

21 And the King of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew h... Focus ↗

22 (For there had come a Prophet to the King of Israel, and had sayd vnto him, Goe, be of good courage,... Focus ↗

23 Then the seruants of the King of Aram said vnto him, Their gods are gods of the moutaines, and there... Focus ↗

24 And this doe, Take the Kings away, euery one out of his place, and place captaines for them. Focus ↗

25 And nomber thy selfe an armie, like the armie that thou hast lost, with such horses, and such charet... Focus ↗

26 And after the yeere was gone about, Ben-hadad nombred the Aramites, and went vp to Aphek to fight ag... Focus ↗

27 And the children of Israel were nombred, and were all assembled and went against them, and the child... Focus ↗

28 And there came a man of God (Elohim), and spake vnto the King of Israel, saying, Thus sayeth the Lor... Focus ↗

29 And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes, and in the seuenth day the battel was ioyne... Focus ↗

30 But the rest fled to Aphek into the citie: and there fel a wall vpon seuen and twentie thousand men... Focus ↗

31 And his seruants sayd vnto him, Beholde nowe, we haue heard say that the Kings of the house of Israe... Focus ↗

32 Then they gyrded sackecloth about their loynes, and put ropes about their heads, and came to the Kin... Focus ↗

33 Now the men tooke diliget heede, if they could catch any thing of him, and made haste, and sayd, Thy... Focus ↗

34 And Ben-hadad sayd vnto him, The cities, which my father tooke from thy father, I wil restore, and t... Focus ↗

35 Then a certaine man of the children of the Prophets sayd vnto his neighbour by the comandement of th... Focus ↗

36 Then sayd he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, beholde, as soone as thou... Focus ↗

37 Then he founde another man, and sayde, Smite mee, I pray thee. And the man smote him, and in smiting... Focus ↗

38 So the Prophet departed, and wayted for the King by the way, and disguised himselfe with ashes vpon... Focus ↗

39 And when the King came by, he cried vnto the King, and said, Thy seruant went into the middes of the... Focus ↗

40 And as thy seruant had here and there to do, he was gone: And the King of Israel said vnto him, So s... Focus ↗

41 And hee hasted, and tooke the ashes away from his face: and the King of Israel knewe him that he was... Focus ↗

42 And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let goe out of thine handes a man whom... Focus ↗

43 And the King of Israel went to his house heauie and in displeasure, and came to Samaria. Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 20 (43 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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