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1 Kings 20:18

“He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

1 Kings 20:18 in the King James Version

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
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Verse in context — 1 Kings 20

16

They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

17

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.

18

He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.

19

So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

20

They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

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Cross references for 1 Kings 20:18

  • 2 Kings 14:8-12

    Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us look one another in the face." Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thistle that was in Lebano...

  • 1 Samuel 14:11-12

    Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, "Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!" The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor beare...

  • 1 Samuel 2:3-4

    Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed. "The bows of the mighty men are broken. Those who stumbled are armed with strength.

  • 1 Samuel 17:44

    The Philistine said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.

  • Proverbs 18:12

    Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

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Solomon’s reign, the temple’s construction, and the kingdom’s division.

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