Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 20:21
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Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
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And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
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1 Kings 20
19 Meanwhile, these young officers of the district governors marched out of the city, with the army behind them,
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.
21 Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
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.”
23 Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
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