KJV King James Version
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
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1 Kings 20:24
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.
WEB World English Bible
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
ASV American Standard Version
And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 20
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods [are] gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, [and] surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
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וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַדָּבָ֥רH1697 · da.varwordהַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisעֲשֵׂ֑הH6213 · a.sahto make: doהָסֵ֤רH5493 · surto turn aside: removeהַמְּלָכִים֙H4428 · me.lekhkingאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanמִמְּקֹמ֔וֹH4725 · ma.qomplaceוְשִׂ֥יםH7760 · sumto set: makeפַּח֖וֹתH6346 · pe.chahgovernorתַּחְתֵּיהֶֽם׃H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
1 Kings 22:31But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.Proverbs 21:30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.1 Kings 20:1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and [there were] thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.1 Kings 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.
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