1 Kings 20:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

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  • 2 Kgs 14:8-9 : 8 Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face. 9 And Jehoash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet. 10 It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall? 11 But Amaziah gave no attention. So Jehoash, king of Israel, went up, and he and Amaziah, king of Judah, came face to face at Beth-shemesh, which is in Judah. 12 And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.
  • 1 Sam 2:3-4 : 3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged. 4 The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.
  • 1 Sam 14:11-12 : 11 And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover. 12 And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.
  • 1 Sam 17:44 : 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 20:19-21
    3 verses
    82%

    19So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

    20And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.

    21And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.

  • 1 Kgs 20:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

    17And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 20:30-34
    5 verses
    77%

    30But the rest went in flight to Aphek, into the town, where a wall came down on the twenty-seven thousand who were still living. And Ben-hadad went in flight into the town, into an inner room.

    31Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

    32So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.

    33Now the men took it as a sign, and quickly took up his words; and they said, Ben-hadad is your brother. Then he said, Go and get him. So Ben-hadad came out to him and he made him get up into his carriage.

    34And Ben-hadad said to him, The towns my father took from your father I will give back; and you may make streets for yourself in Damascus as my father did in Samaria. And as for me, at the price of this agreement you will let me go. So he made an agreement with him and let him go.

  • 2 Kgs 10:14
    74%

    14And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.

    2And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;

    3And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.

  • 1 Kgs 20:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;

    6But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, to make a search through your house and the houses of your people, and everything which is pleasing in your eyes they will take away in their hands.

  • 1 Kgs 20:24-27
    4 verses
    71%

    24This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;

    25And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage for carriage; and let us make war on them in the lowlands, and certainly we will be stronger than they. And he gave ear to what they said, and did so.

    26So, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.

    27And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.

  • 2 Kgs 7:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.

    13And one of his servants said in answer, Send men and let them take five of the horses which we still have in the town; if they keep their lives they will be the same as those of Israel who are still living here; if they come to their death they will be the same as all those of Israel who have gone to destruction: let us send and see.

  • 1 Kgs 20:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

    10Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

  • 1 Kgs 20:12-14
    3 verses
    69%

    12Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town.

    13Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.

    14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, The Lord says, By the servants of the chiefs who are over the divisions of the land. Then he said, By whom is the fighting to be started? And he made answer, By you.

  • Deut 20:10-14
    5 verses
    69%

    10When you come to a town, before attacking it, make an offer of peace.

    11And if it gives you back an answer of peace, opening its doors to you, then all the people in it may be put to forced work as your servants.

    12If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:

    13And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.

    14But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21-24
    4 verses
    69%

    21And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?

    22But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

    23So he made ready a great feast for them, and when they had had food and drink, he sent them away and they went back to their master. And no more bands of Aramaeans came into the land of Israel.

    24Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.

  • Deut 21:10
    69%

    10When you go out to war against other nations, and the Lord your God gives them up into your hands and you take them as prisoners;

  • 1 Kgs 20:39
    68%

    39And when the king went by, crying out to him he said, Your servant went out into the fight; and a man came out to me with another man and said, Keep this man: if by any chance he gets away, your life will be the price of his life, or you will have to give a talent of silver in payment.

  • 2 Kgs 6:8
    68%

    8At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.

  • 2 Chr 18:30
    68%

    30Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.

  • Jer 15:2
    68%

    2And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.

  • Jer 39:12
    68%

    12Take him and keep an eye on him and see that no evil comes to him; but do with him whatever he says to you.

  • Jer 18:21
    67%

    21For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

  • 2 Chr 18:14
    67%

    14When he came to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, are we to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And he said, Go up, and it will go well for you; and they will be given up into your hands.

  • 2 Kgs 7:4
    67%

    4If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

  • Josh 8:23
    67%

    23But the king of Ai they made prisoner, and took him to Joshua.

  • 2 Chr 28:14
    67%

    14So the armed men gave up the prisoners and the goods they had taken to the heads and the meeting of the people.

  • 1 Chr 5:21
    67%

    21And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

  • Num 31:18
    67%

    18But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

  • Judg 20:32
    66%

    32And the children of Benjamin said, They are giving way before us as at first. But the children of Israel said, Let us go in flight and get them away from the town, into the highways.