1 Kings 20:17-19

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¹⁷ The young officers of the ·district governors [provincial commanders] attacked first. Ben-Hadad sent out scouts who told him that soldiers were coming from Samaria. ¹⁸ Ben-Hadad said, “They may be coming to fight, or they may be coming to ask for peace. In either case capture them alive.”

¹⁹ The young officers of the ·district governors [provincial commanders] ·led the attack [went out from the city], followed by the army of Israel.