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1 Kings 20:18

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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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  1. 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.

  2. 1 Kings 20:17

    And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

  3. 1 Kings 20:19

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

  4. 1 Kings 20:20

    And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

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