1 Kings 20:18
King James Version (KJV)
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
In context
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.
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.
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
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.
1 Kings 20:18 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they are come out for war, take them alive.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY Darby 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.