Verse 1

1 Kings 20:1

Literal Standard Version

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1 And Ben-Hadad king of Aram has gathered all his force, and thirty-two kings are with him, and horse and chariot, and he goes up and lays siege against Samaria, and fights with it,

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hebrew

וּ/בֶן הֲדַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ אֲרָ֗ם קָבַץ֙ אֶת כָּל חֵיל֔/וֹ וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּ/שְׁנַ֥יִם מֶ֛לֶךְ אִתּ֖/וֹ וְ/ס֣וּס וָ/רָ֑כֶב וַ/יַּ֗עַל וַ/יָּ֨צַר֙ עַל שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וַ/יִּלָּ֖חֶם בָּֽ/הּ

English Translation

And Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his army and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots, and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

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Chapter 20 Context

1 And Ben-Hadad king of Aram has gathered all his force, and thirty-two kings are with him, and horse...

2 and sends messengers to Ahab king of Israel, to the city, Focus ↗

3 and says to him, “Thus said Ben-Hadad: Your silver and your gold are mine, and your wives and your s... Focus ↗

4 And the king of Israel answers and says, “According to your word, my lord, O king: I am yours, and a... Focus ↗

5 And the messengers turn back and say, “Thus spoke Ben-Hadad, saying, Surely I sent to you, saying, Y... Focus ↗

6 for if, at this time tomorrow, I send my servants to you, then they have searched your house, and th... Focus ↗

7 And the king of Israel calls to all the elderly of the land and says, “Please know and see that this... Focus ↗

8 And all the elderly and all the people say to him, “Do not listen, nor consent.” Focus ↗

9 And he says to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, “Say to my lord the king, All that you sent to your serv... Focus ↗

10 And Ben-Hadad sends to him and says, “Thus the gods do to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of S... Focus ↗

11 And the king of Israel answers and says, “Speak: Do not let him who is girding on boast himself as h... Focus ↗

12 And it comes to pass at the hearing of this word—and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the shelte... Focus ↗

13 And behold, a certain prophet has come near to Ahab king of Israel and says, “Thus said YHWH: Have y... Focus ↗

14 And Ahab says, “By whom?” And he says, “Thus said YHWH: By the young men of the heads of the provinc... Focus ↗

15 And he inspects the young men of the heads of the provinces, and they are two hundred and thirty-two... Focus ↗

16 and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking—drunk in the shelters, he and the kings, the thir... Focus ↗

17 And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sends, and they d... Focus ↗

18 And he says, “If they have come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they have come out for battl... Focus ↗

19 And these have gone out of the city—the young men of the heads of the provinces—and the force that i... Focus ↗

20 and each strikes his man, and Aram flees, and Israel pursues them, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram escape... Focus ↗

21 and the king of Israel goes out, and strikes the horses, and the charioteers, and has struck among t... Focus ↗

22 And the prophet comes near to the king of Israel and says to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and know... Focus ↗

23 And the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of hills, therefore they were... Focus ↗

24 And this thing you do: turn aside each of the kings out of his place, and set captains in their stea... Focus ↗

25 and you, number for yourself a force as the force that is fallen from you, and horse for horse, and... Focus ↗

26 And it comes to pass at the turn of the year, that Ben-Hadad inspects the Arameans, and goes up to A... Focus ↗

27 and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Isra... Focus ↗

28 And a man of God (Elohim) comes near, and speaks to the king of Israel and says, “Thus said YHWH: Be... Focus ↗

29 And they encamp opposite one another for seven days, and it comes to pass on the seventh day, that t... Focus ↗

30 And those left flee to Aphek, into the city, and the wall falls on twenty-seven chief men who are le... Focus ↗

31 And his servants say to him, “Now behold, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel—that t... Focus ↗

32 And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes are on their heads, and they come to the king of I... Focus ↗

33 And the men observe diligently, and hurry, and catch the word from him, and say, “Your brother Ben-H... Focus ↗

34 And he says to him, “The cities that my father took from your father, I give back, and you make stre... Focus ↗

35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of YHWH, “Please stri... Focus ↗

36 and he says to him, “Because that you have not listened to the voice of YHWH, behold, you are going... Focus ↗

37 And he finds another man and says, “Please strike me”; and the man strikes him, striking and woundin... Focus ↗

38 and the prophet goes and stands for the king on the way, and disguises himself with ashes on his eye... Focus ↗

39 And it comes to pass—the king is passing by—that he has cried to the king and says, “Your servant we... Focus ↗

40 and it comes to pass, your servant is working here and there, and he is not!” And the king of Israel... Focus ↗

41 And he hurries and turns aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerns him, tha... Focus ↗

42 and he says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Because you have sent away the man I devoted, out of your hand,... Focus ↗

43 and the king of Israel goes to his house, sulky and angry, and comes to Samaria. Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 20 (43 verses)
Version: Literal Standard Version

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