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1 Kings 22:36

34 However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

35 The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.

As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

38 And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

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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.

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BSB
As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
KJV
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
WEB
A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”
ASV
And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.
DARBY
And there went the cry throughout the host at the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country!
BLB
And a shout went throughout the army at the going in of the sun, saying, “Each man to his city, and each man to his own land.”
ÅB
Og ved solens nedgang gikk der det rop gjennom leiren: Hver mann hjem til sin by og sitt land!
OTB
Ved solnedgang gikk et rop gjennom hæren: "Hver mann til sin by, og hver mann til sitt land!"
B1930
Og ved solens nedgang gikk der det rop gjennem leiren: Hver mann hjem til sin by og sitt land!

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  • 2 Kings 14:12

    And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home.

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  • Judges 7:7–8

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”

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  • 1 Samuel 4:10

    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

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  • 1 Kings 12:24

    that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.

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  • 1 Kings 22:17

    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

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  • 1 Kings 12:16

    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

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  • 2 Samuel 19:8

    So the king got up and sat in the gate, and all the people were told: “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So they all came before the king. Meanwhile, the Israelites had fled, each man to his home.

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  • 1 Kings 22:31

    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

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