1 Kings 20:19
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18 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.
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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,