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Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad

1 Kings 20:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
KJV
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
WEB
The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
ASV
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
LSV
and the king of Israel goes out, and strikes the horses, and the charioteers, and has struck among the Arameans a great striking.
YLT
and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.
DBY
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
DRC
But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
GNV
And the King of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew he the Aramites.
JPS
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Arameans with a great slaughter.
LXXE21:21
And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֵּצֵא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַסּ֖וּס וְאֶת־הָרָ֑כֶב וְהִכָּ֥ה בַאֲרָ֖ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃
LXX-Br21:21
Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἔλαβε πάντας τοὺς ἵππους καὶ τὰ ἅρματα, καὶ ἐπάταξε πληγὴν μεγάλην ἐν Συρίᾳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Samuel 14:20–22Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor. And the Hebrews who had previously gone up…
  • 1 Samuel 17:52Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath…
  • 2 Kings 3:18This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
  • 2 Kings 3:24But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
  • Judges 3:28“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
  • Judges 7:23–25Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites. Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites…

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  • 21:21 in some Bibles
  • 20:21 in most Bibles

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