1 Kings 20:17 Parallel Translations

The young officers of the district governors went out first. Benhadad had sent men to watch the city. They informed him that some men had come out of Samaria.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

ASV:

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

BBE:

And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

DBY:

And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

ERV:

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

JPS:

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying: 'There are men come out from Samaria.'

WBS:

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

WEB:

The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, "Men are coming out from Samaria."

YLT:

And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, 'Men have come out of Samaria.'

1 Kings 20:17 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 20:16 They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the temporary shelters with the thirty-two kings who helped him.

1 Kings 20:18 Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:17 And the {h} young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
(h) That is, young men trained in the service of princes.

MHC:

20:12-21 The proud Syrians were beaten, and the despised Israelites were conquerors. The orders of the proud, drunken king disordered his troops, and prevented them from attacking the Israelites. Those that are most secure, are commonly least courageous. Ahab slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another.

CONC:

Advancing Ben Benhadad Ben-hadad Ben-ha'dad Chiefs Commanders Declare Dispatched Districts Divisions Forward Governors Hadad Heads News Princes Provinces Provincial Reported Rulers Samaria Sama'ria Saying Scouts Servants

Advancing Ben Benhadad Ben-Hadad Ben-Ha'dad Chiefs Commanders Declare Dispatched Districts Divisions First Forward Governors Hadad Heads News Officers Princes Provinces Provincial Reported Rulers Samaria Sama'ria Scouts Servants Young

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