Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place,
King James Version
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
Holman Bible
Also do this: remove each king from his position and appoint captains in their place.
International Standard Version
So do this: remove the kings from command and replace them with captains.
A Conservative Version
And do this thing: Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
American Standard Version
And do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;
Amplified
Do this: remove the [thirty-two allied] kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place,
Bible in Basic English
This is what you have to do: take away the kings from their positions, and put captains in their places;
Darby Translation
And do this: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;
Julia Smith Translation
And do this word, Remove the kings a man from his place, and put prefects in their stead.
King James 2000
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their places:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do this thing: remove the kings each from his post, and put a governor in their place.
Modern King James verseion
And do this thing, take the kings away, each man out of his place, and put commanders in their places,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And this do: take the kings away every man out of his place, and put dukes in their rooms.
NET Bible
So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders.
New Heart English Bible
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
The Emphasized Bible
But, this thing, do, - set aside the kings, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;
Webster
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
World English Bible
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
Youngs Literal Translation
'And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;
Themes
Chariots » For war » Advantageously mansuvred in a flat country
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Destruction of ben-hadad's army
Syria » The israelites » Forewarned of invasion by, at the return of the year
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 20:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad
23 And the slaves of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore, they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 24 Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place, 25 And prepare another army like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot; then 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.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 20:1
Then Benhadad, the king of Syria, gathered all his host together; and there were thirty-two kings with him and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it.
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-two kings that helped him.
1 Kings 22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom nor intelligence nor counsel against the LORD.