1Ki 20:16-21 | NASB2020 | STEP | They went out at noon , while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the temporary shelters with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

‏ 1 Kings 20:16-21

16 They went out at noon, while ^aBen-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the ^{▼▼Or huts}temporary shelters ^{▼▼Lit he and the 32 kings}with the thirty-two kings who were helping him. 17 The young men of the leaders of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.” 18 ^dThen he said, “If they have come out ^{▼▼I.e., to seek terms for surrender}for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive as well.”

19 So these men went out from the city, the young men of the leaders of the provinces, and the army which followed them. 20 And they ^{▼▼Lit struck}killed, each one, his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen. 21 The king of Israel also went out and struck the horses and chariots, and ^{▼▼Lit struck}killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.