1st Kings Chapter 20 verse 18 Holy Bible
And he said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
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And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.
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And 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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And 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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And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.
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He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
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And he saith, `If for peace they have come out -- catch them alive; and if for battle they have come out -- alive catch them.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - And he said, Whether they be come out for peace [i.e., to negociate or to submit], take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. [We may trace in these words, possibly the influence of wine, but certainly the exasperation which Ahab's last message had occasioned the king. So incensed is he that he will not respect the rights of ambassadors, and he is afraid lest belligerents should be slain before he can arraign them before him. Possibly he meant that they should be tortured or slain before his face.]
