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1 Kings 20:18-20
New English Translation
1 Kings 20:18-20
New English Translation
18 He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”[a] 19 They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them. 20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier;[b] the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.
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- 1 Kings 20:18 tn Heb “if they come in peace, take them alive; if they come for battle, take them alive.”
- 1 Kings 20:20 tn Heb “each struck down his man.”
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