Parallel Verses
Amplified
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 went out and
King James Version
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Holman Bible
Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the cavalry and the chariots. He inflicted a great slaughter on Aram.
International Standard Version
The king of Israel went out and attacked the cavalry and chariots and killed the Arameans in a massive victory.
A Conservative Version
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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.
Darby Translation
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king of Israel will go forth and strike the horse and the chariot, and he struck upon Aram a great blow.
King James 2000
And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and the chariots and defeated Aram with a great blow.
Modern King James verseion
And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king of Israel went out and smote horse and chariot, and slew a great slaughter of the Syrians.
NET Bible
Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.
New Heart English Bible
The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
The 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.
Webster
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Destruction of ben-hadad's army
ancient Samaria » Samaria the capital of » Deliverance of, effected
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 20:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad
20 And each one killed his man; and the Arameans (Syrians) fled and Israel pursued them. Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen. 21 The king of Israel went out and struck [the riders of] the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter. 22 Then the prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself and observe and see what you have to do; for at the first of next year the king of Aram (Syria) will come up against you.”
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 3:28
And he said to them, “Pursue them, for the Lord has handed over your enemies the Moabites to you.” So they went down after him and seized the
Judges 7:23-25
The men of Israel were summoned together from [the tribes of] Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.
1 Samuel 14:20-22
Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle; and behold, every [Philistine] man’s sword was against his companion, in wild confusion.
1 Samuel 17:52
The men of Israel and Judah stood with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as the entrance to the valley and the gates of Ekron. And the [fatally] wounded Philistines fell along the way to Shaaraim, even as far as Gath and Ekron.
2 Kings 3:18
This is but a simple thing in the sight of the Lord; He will also hand over the Moabites to you.
2 Kings 3:24
But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land, killing the Moabites [as they went].