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1 Kings 20:29

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27 The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

28 Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

30 The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

31 Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

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BSB
For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
KJV
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
WEB
They encamped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.
ASV
And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
DARBY
And they encamped one over against the other seven days; and it came to pass that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel smote of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
BLB
And encamped these opposite these [for] seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew near. And the sons of Israel struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
ÅB
Så lå de nå i leir midt imot hverandre i syv dager. På den syvende dag kom det til strid, og Israels barn hugg på én dag ned hundre tusen mann fotfolk av syrerne.
OTB
De slo leir mot hverandre i syv dager. På den syvende dagen engasjerte de seg i kamp, og israelittene slo ned 100 000 fotsoldater av arameerne på en enkelt dag.
B1930
Så lå de nu i leir midt imot hverandre i syv dager. På den syvende dag kom det til strid, og Israels barn hugg på én dag ned hundre tusen mann fotfolk av syrerne.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 13:17

    Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

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  • Psalms 10:16

    The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.

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  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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  • 2 Samuel 10:18

    But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:23–25

    The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

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  • Joshua 6:15

    Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:16

    For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:6

    For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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