17The 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.|


In Context

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.|

19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

1 Kings 20:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:17The young officers of the provincial commanders went out first. Now Ben- Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, "Men are advancing from Samaria."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:17And the young men of the heads of the provinces go out at the first, and Ben-Hadad sendeth, and they declare to him, saying, 'Men have come out of Samaria.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.