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1 Kings 20:18
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16 So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were agetting drunk at the command post.  
17 The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out of Samaria!”
18 So he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them.
20 And each one killed his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry.
21 Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, afor in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”  

The Syrians Again Defeated

23 Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they.
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 20:18

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American Standard Version
And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

Amplified® Bible
And he said, Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive.

Contemporary English Version
"Take them alive!" Benhadad ordered. "I don't care if they have come out to fight or to surrender."

Darby English 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.

Good News Bible
He ordered, "Take them alive, no matter whether they are coming to fight or to ask for peace."

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.

New American Standard Bible
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

New International Version
He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive."

New King James Version
So he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

Revised Standard Version
He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

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.'

New English Translation
He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”1


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