16They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.


In Context

13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, |Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'|

14 Ahab said, |By whom?| He said, |Thus says Yahweh, 'By the young men of the princes of the provinces.'| Then he said, |Who shall begin the battle?| He answered, |You.|

15 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

16 They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

17 The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, |Men are coming out from Samaria.|

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

1 Kings 20:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:16They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad [was] drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:16And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:16and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking — drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:16And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.