1 Kings 20:19
17 And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
18 “If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
20 and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
21 Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
- KJV
- So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
- WEB
- So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
- ASV
- So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
- DARBY
- And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed them.
- BLB
- And these went out of the city—the young men of the commanders of the provinces—and the army that [was] after them.
- ÅB
- Så dro de da ut fra byen, landshøvdingenes menn og hæren som fulgte dem,
- OTB
- Så de unge offiserene til distriktsguvernørene rykket frem fra byen, med hæren bak dem.
- B1930
- Så drog de da ut fra byen, landshøvdingenes menn og hæren som fulgte dem,