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1 Kings 20:21

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The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

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1 Kings 20:21 in other translations

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

1 Kings 20:21 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 20:21 in context

  1. 19So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.
  2. 20They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
  3. 21The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
  4. 22The prophet came near 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.”
  5. 23The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let’s fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.