Graphic Bible · Scene 5 of 13
1 Kings 20:16-18
The sortie at noon
Ahab and Ben-hadad · 1 Kings 20
Story guide: At noon the young officers of the provincial commanders march out of Samaria, while Ben-hadad drinks in his booth with the allied kings.
Open this scene in the reader →16They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad, already drunk, was drinking in the camp shelters with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
17The young attendants of the provincial officials went out first. Ben-hadad sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men have come out of Samaria.”
18He said, “If they have come out to make peace, seize them alive; if they have come out to fight, seize them alive.”
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