18And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.


In Context

15 So he mustered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and he found the number of two hundred and thirty-two: and he mustered after them the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand:

16 And they went out at noon. But Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings with him, who were come to help him.

17 And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria.

18 And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.

19 So the servants of the princes of the provinces went out, and the rest of the army followed:

20 And every one slew the man that came against him: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled away on horseback with his horsemen.

1 Kings 20:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:18He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:18And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18He said, |If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:18And he saith, 'If for peace they have come out — catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out — alive catch them.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.