1 Kings 22:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two captains who had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:24 : 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
  • 2 Chr 18:30 : 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight not with small or great, except only with the king of Israel.
  • Jer 16:6 : 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
  • 1 Kgs 20:33-42 : 33 Now the men diligently observed whether anything would come from him, and hastily caught it: and they said, Your brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he brought him up into the chariot. 34 And Benhadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him. 36 Then he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. 37 Then he found another man, and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking he wounded him. 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. 39 And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he is missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver. 40 And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it. 41 And he hastened, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. 42 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 And they struck the men at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they tired themselves trying to find the door.
  • 1 Sam 30:2 : 2 And had taken the women captives that were there: they killed none, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
  • 1 Kgs 20:1 : 1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
  • 1 Kgs 20:16 : 16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.

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  • 2 Chr 18:28-34
    7 verses
    95%

    28So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.

    29And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and go to the battle; but you put on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.

    30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight not with small or great, except only with the king of Israel.

    31And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they surrounded him to fight; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God moved them to depart from him.

    32For when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

    33And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to his chariot driver, Turn your hand, that you may carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded.

    34And the battle increased that day; however, the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening, and about the time of sunset he died.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32-36
    5 verses
    84%

    32And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

    33And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

    34And a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor: therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am wounded.

    35And the battle increased that day: and the king was propped up in his chariot against the Syrians, and he died at evening: and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.

    36And there went a proclamation throughout the army as the sun went down, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.

    30And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but you put on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

    2And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Benhadad,

  • 2 Kgs 6:11
    76%

    11Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

  • 1 Kgs 20:20-25
    6 verses
    76%

    20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

    21And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

    22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and observe, and see what you do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.

    23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

    24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:

    25And number an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he listened to their voice, and did so.

  • 2 Kgs 6:8-9
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    74%

    8Then the king of Syria waged war against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

    9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass such a place; for there the Syrians have come down.

  • 1 Kgs 22:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    3And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we are still, and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

    4And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.

    5And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Please inquire first for the word of the Lord.

    6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

  • 2 Kgs 7:6
    73%

    6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

  • 2 Chr 22:5
    73%

    5He also followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

  • 2 Chr 24:24
    73%

    24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

  • 2 Kgs 8:28
    72%

    28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

  • 2 Kgs 9:15
    71%

    15But king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this is your decision, then let no one go forth nor escape out of the city to tell it in Jezreel.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
    71%

    5Therefore the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

  • 1 Kgs 20:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

    31And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save your life.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    71%

    7But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for the LORD is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

  • 1 Chr 19:16-18
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    71%

    16And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

    17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

    18But the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand men of the Syrians who fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

  • 1 Kgs 20:27-28
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    27And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

    28And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 22:18
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    18And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

  • 2 Kgs 7:12
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    12And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
    70%

    21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?

  • 2 Chr 18:3
    70%

    3And Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war.

  • 1 Kgs 19:15
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    15And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

  • 2 Kgs 9:5
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    5And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a message for you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us all? And he said, To you, O captain.

  • 2 Sam 10:18
    70%

    18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck down Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.