1 Kings 20:24
What does 1 Kings 20:24 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 20:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Do thou, therefore, this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And do this: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;
Context
v.23And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god 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.
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v.25and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast 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 hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 20:1
And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kings 20:16
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.
- Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
- 1 Kings 22:31
Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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