1 Kings 20:21

Complete Jewish Bible

The king of Isra'el went out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a massive defeat on Aram.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the cavalry and the chariots. He inflicted a severe slaughter on Aram.

Hebrew Names Version
The king of Yisra'el went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Aram with a great slaughter.

King James Version
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

English Standard Version
And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and struck the Syrians with a great blow.

New Century Version
Ahab king of Israel led the army and destroyed the Arameans' horses and chariots. King Ahab thoroughly defeated the Aramean army.

New English Translation
Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.

Amplified Bible
The king of Israel went out and struck [the riders of] the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.

New American Standard Bible
The king of Israel also went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King of Israel went out, & smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew he the Aramites.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the king of Israel went out and struck down the horses and chariots, and struck the Arameans with a great slaughter.

Contemporary English Version
but Ahab and his soldiers followed them and captured their horses and chariots. Ahab and Israel's army crushed the Syrians.

Darby Translation
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Easy-to-Read Version
King Ahab led the army and attacked all the horses and chariots. So King Ahab made the Arameans suffer a great defeat.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king of Israel went out and destroyed the horses and chariots, and slew the Arameans with a great slaughter.

Good News Translation
King Ahab took to the field, captured the horses and chariots, and inflicted a severe defeat on the Syrians.

Lexham English Bible
The king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and the chariots and defeated Aram with a great blow.

Literal Translation
And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses, and the chariots, and struck the Syrians with a great blow.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge of Israel wente forth, and smote horses and charettes, and dyd a greate slaughter on the Syrians.

American Standard Version
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Bible in Basic English
And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charettes, & with a great slaughter slue he the Syrians.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Arameans with a great slaughter.

King James Version (1611)
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charets, and slewe the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
behold, I bring evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.

English Revised Version
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the king of Israel yede out, and smoot horsis and charis, and he smoot Sirie with a ful greet veniaunce.

Young's Literal Translation
and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.

Update Bible Version
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

World English Bible
The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

New King James Version
Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

New Living Translation
However, the king of Israel destroyed the other horses and chariots and slaughtered the Arameans.

New Life Bible
The king of Israel went out and destroyed the horses and war-wagons. He killed many of the Syrians.

New Revised Standard
The king of Israel went out, attacked the horses and chariots, and defeated the Arameans with a great slaughter.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king of Israel went forth, and took the horses and the chariots, - and he went on smiting the Syrians, with a great smiting.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Revised Standard Version
And the king of Israel went out, and captured the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

THE MESSAGE
The king of Israel cut down both horses and chariots—an enormous defeat for Aram.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a great slaughter.

Contextual Overview

¹² It happened that Ben-Hadad received this message when he was drinking, he and his kings, in the field-barracks. He ordered his servants: "Take up your battle positions!" So they got ready to attack the city. ¹³ At that moment a prophet approached Ach'av king of Isra'el and said, "Here is what Adonai says: ‘Have you seen this vast army? I am going to give you victory over them today. Then you will know that I am Adonai !'" ¹⁴ Ach'av asked, "Who will defeat them?" He answered, "This is what Adonai says: ‘The young men who serve the district governors.'" He asked, "Who will start the fighting?" and he answered, "You will." ¹⁵ He counted the district governors' young men; there were 232. After that, he counted all the people, all the people of Isra'el; there were 7,000. ¹⁶ They set out at noon. Ben-Hadad was drinking himself senseless in the field-barracks, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who were his allies. ¹⁷ The district governors' men went out first. Ben-Hadad sent for information, and they reported, "Men have come out from Shomron." ¹⁸ He said, "Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive." ¹⁹ So the district governors' men left the city, followed by the army; ²⁰ and each one killed his man. Aram fled, and Isra'el pursued them. Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of the cavalry. ²¹ The king of Isra'el went out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a massive defeat on Aram.

Bible Verse Review
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went out: Judges 3:28, Judges 7:23-25, 1 Samuel 14:20-22, 1 Samuel 17:52, 2 Kings 3:18, 2 Kings 3:24

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king of Israel went out,.... Of Samaria; when he saw the Syrians fleeing, and his army pursuing, he went forth, perhaps, with more forces, who were now willing to join with him; Josephus c says, Ahab had another army within the walls:

and smote the horses and chariots; that is, the men that rode on horses; and in chariots, the Syrian cavalry:

and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter; how many were slain is not said; but the Jewish historian d says they plundered the camp, in which were much riches, and great plenty of gold and silver, and took their chariots and horses, and returned to the city of Samaria.

c Antiqu. l. 8. c. 14. sect. 2. d Ibid.