And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. Treasury of Scripture they slew 2 Samuel 2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together... Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise... the Syrians Leviticus 26:8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight... Judges 7:20-22 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands... 1 Samuel 14:13-15 And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan... 2 Kings 7:6,7 For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host... Psalm 33:16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. Psalm 46:6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. escaped 1 Samuel 30:16,17 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad on all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing... 2 Kings 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelled at Nineveh.
Context Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad
13And, behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus said the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, You. 15Then 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. 16And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. 19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. 20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. 21And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. 22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you. 23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: 25And number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he listened to their voice, and did so. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.
Darby Bible Translation
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
King James Bible
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, 'If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.'
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