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1 Kings 20:17

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And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
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  1. 1 Kings 20:14–15Rank 1 from verse 17
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    14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

    15Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

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    19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

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1 Kings 20:17

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young

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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

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16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

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18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

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