5 occurrences in 7 translations

'Capture' in the Bible

So the king said, “Go and see where he is, so I can send men to capture him.”When he was told, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

He replied, "Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master."

Verse ConceptsMercy, Examples OfGenerosity, HumanOpposition, To Sin And EvilWater

so the king got up in the middle of the night and ordered his servants: "Let me explain what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we're hungry, so they've left their encampment to conceal themselves in the surrounding fields. They're telling themselves, "When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and enter the city!'"

Verse ConceptsHiding From PeopleDuring One Night

He said, "Capture them alive!" So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

Verse ConceptsFortiesKilling Whole FamiliesWhilst Alive

and they capture it at the end of three years; in the sixth year of Hezekiah -- it is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel -- hath Samaria been captureth,

Verse ConceptsThree YearsCapturing CitiesList Of Kings Of Israel

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