24Do thou therefore this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead:


In Context

21 But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

22 (And a prophet coming to the king of Israel, said to him: Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and see what thou dost: for the next year the king of Syria will come up against thee.)

23 But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.

24 Do thou therefore this thing: Remove all the kings from thy army, and put captains in their stead:

25 And make up the number of soldiers that have been slain of thine, and horses according to the former horses, and chariots according to the chariots which thou hadst before: and we will fight against them in the plains, and thou shalt see that we shall overcome them. He believed their counsel and did so.

26 Wherefore at the return of the year, p Benadad mustered the Syrians, ancient up to Aphec, to fight against Israel.

1 Kings 20:24 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:24Do this: Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:24And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24And do this: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:24And do this thing; take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:24'And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: