18 (A)Then he said, “If they have come out [a]for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive as well.”

19 So these men went out from the city, the young men of the leaders of the provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 And they [b]killed, each one, his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:18 I.e., to seek terms for surrender
  2. 1 Kings 20:20 Lit struck

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