Verse 1

1 Kings 20:1

Noah Webster Bible

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1 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria collected all his army: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against 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 the king of Syria collected all his army: and there were thirty and two kings with him...

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, Focus ↗

3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the most comely, are mine. Focus ↗

4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and... Focus ↗

5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent to th... Focus ↗

6 Yet I will send my servants to thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and... Focus ↗

7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how t... Focus ↗

8 And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not to him , nor consent. Focus ↗

9 Wherefore he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send fo... Focus ↗

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

11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him , Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast h... Focus ↗

12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the p... Focus ↗

13 And behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen... Focus ↗

14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of th... Focus ↗

15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty... Focus ↗

16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kin... Focus ↗

17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they t... Focus ↗

18 And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out fo... Focus ↗

19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed... Focus ↗

20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the ki... Focus ↗

21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a grea... Focus ↗

22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and s... Focus ↗

23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they... Focus ↗

24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: Focus ↗

25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot... Focus ↗

26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to A... Focus ↗

27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the child... Focus ↗

28 And there came a man of God (Elohim), and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD... Focus ↗

29 And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the... Focus ↗

30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of t... Focus ↗

31 And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are me... Focus ↗

32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israe... Focus ↗

33 Now the men diligently observed whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it : an... Focus ↗

34 And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and tho... Focus ↗

35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me... Focus ↗

36 Then said he to him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou has... Focus ↗

37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smitin... Focus ↗

38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon h... Focus ↗

39 And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of... Focus ↗

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shal... Focus ↗

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he w... Focus ↗

42 And he said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appoi... Focus ↗

43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. Focus ↗

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

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