KJV King James Version
And 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.
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1 Kings 20:16
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and 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.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 20
13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, [Even] by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, [even] all the children of Israel, [being] seven thousand.
16 And 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.
17 And 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.
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֵּצְא֖וּH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeבַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםH6672 · tso.harmiddayוּבֶן־H1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadהֲדַד֩H1130 · ben-ha.dadBen-hadadשֹׁתֶ֨הH8354 · sha.tahto drinkשִׁכּ֜וֹרH7910 · shik.kordrunkenבַּסֻּכּ֗וֹתH5521 · suk.kahboothה֧וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְהַמְּלָכִ֛יםH4428 · me.lekhkingשְׁלֹשִֽׁים־H7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyוּשְׁנַ֥יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoמֶ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingעֹזֵ֥רH5826 · a.zarto helpאֹתֽוֹ׃H853 · et[Obj.]
Cross-references
Isaiah 54:15Behold, they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.1 Kings 20:11-12And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.Ecclesiastes 10:16-17Woe to thee, O land, when thy king [is] a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!1 Kings 16:9And his servant Zimri, captain of half [his] chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of [his] house in Tirzah.Hosea 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.1 Kings 16:7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.Proverbs 23:29-32Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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