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1 Kings 20:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
1 Kings 20:17
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Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
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.
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
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1 Kings 20:1
"And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered ➔ all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it."
1 Kings 20:2
"And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,"
1 Kings 20:3
"Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine."
1 Kings 20:4
"And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have."
1 Kings 20:5
"And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;"
1 Kings 20:6
"Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away."
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