1 Kings 20:21
New International Version
The king of Israel advanced and overpowered the horses and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the Arameans.

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

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

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

King James Bible
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew 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 American Standard Bible
The king of Israel also went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.

NASB 1995
The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a great slaughter.

NASB 1977
And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a great slaughter.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the King of Israel went out and destroyed horses and chariots, and he struck Edom with a very great slaughter.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The king of Israel went out and destroyed the horses and chariots and decisively defeated the Arameans.

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

International Standard Version
The king of Israel went out and attacked the cavalry and chariots and killed the Arameans in a massive victory.

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

Literal Standard Version
and the king of Israel goes out, and strikes the horses, and the charioteers, and has struck among the Arameans a great striking.

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

New American Bible
Then the king of Israel went out and destroyed the horses and chariots. Thus he inflicted a severe defeat on Aram.

NET Bible
Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.

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

New Heart English Bible
The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans 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.

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.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad
20and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry. 21Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans. 22Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”…

Cross References
1 Kings 20:20
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.

1 Kings 20:22
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, "Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you."


Treasury of Scripture

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

1 Kings 20:28
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Samuel 4:8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

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1 Kings 20
1. Ben-Hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besieges Samaria
13. By the direction of a prophet, the Syrians are slain
22. As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syrians come against him in Aphek
28. By the word of the prophet, and God's judgment, the Syrians are smitten again
31. The Syrians submit; Ahab sends Ben-Hadad away with a covenant
35. The prophet, under the parable of a prisoner,
39. making Ahab judge himself, denounces God's judgment against him














Verse 21. - And the king of Israel went out [It looks as if Ahab had remained within the city until the defeat of the Syrians was assured], and smote [LXX. καὶ ἐλαβε, and captured] the horses and chariots [i.e., the cavalry and chariotry; cf. ver. 1], and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. [Heb. in Syria a great, etc.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then the king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

marched out
וַיֵּצֵא֙ (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and attacked
וַיַּ֥ךְ (way·yaḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

the horses
הַסּ֖וּס (has·sūs)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

and chariots,
הָרָ֑כֶב (hā·rā·ḵeḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

inflicting
וְהִכָּ֥ה (wə·hik·kāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

a great
גְדוֹלָֽה׃ (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

slaughter
מַכָּ֥ה (mak·kāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence

on the Arameans.
בַאֲרָ֖ם (ḇa·’ă·rām)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 758: Aram -- Syria


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