1 Kings 20:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 20:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 20:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 20:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out from Samaria.””
1 Kings 20:17 — World English Bible
1 Kings 20:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 from Samaria. ”
1 Kings 20:17 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 20:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, `Men have come out of Samaria.'”
1 Kings 20:17 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 20:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the servants 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. ”
1 Kings 20:17 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 20:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So the seruants of the princes of the prouinces went out first: and Ben-hadad sent out, and they shewed him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.”
1 Kings 20:17 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 20:17 in Context — 1 Kings 20
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 And they went out at noon. But Ben–hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
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.
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
What Does 1 Kings 20:17 Mean?
1 Kings 20:17 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 20. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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