1 Kings 20:18
"If they have marched out in peace," he said, "take them alive. Or if they have marched out for war, take them alive."
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they slew

2 Samuel 2:16
Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent's side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called the Field of Swords.

Ecclesiastes 9:11
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all.

the Syrians

Leviticus 26:8
Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

Judges 7:20-22
The three companies blew their trumpets and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" . . .

1 Samuel 14:13-15
Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off. . . .

2 Kings 7:6, 7
For the LORD had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to each other, "Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us." . . .

Psalm 33:16
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 46:6
Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

escaped

1 Samuel 30:16, 17
So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah. . . .

2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he said, "If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive."

International Standard Version
"Take them alive, whether they've come in peace or not," he ordered.

NET Bible
He ordered, "Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive."
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