Holy Scripture

1 Kings 21:20

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“And the Lord said to Elijah, "Get up, go down to meet King Ahab of Israel," and so on. Now, when Jezebel invited Ahab to come and take hold of the vineyard whose owners had been stoned, Elijah went out to meet him, precisely when he did not expect him, and approached him in order to reveal the shameful action which th…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 21:17

Source: Septuagint

Original

20smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Hadad, even the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.

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18And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive:

19and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them

— 1 Kings 21:20 —

21And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.

22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen thyself, and observe, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the son of Hadad king of Syria comes up against thee.

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