Coverdale(i)
13 And beholde, there came a prophet vnto Achab ye kynge of Israel, & saide: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Hast thou sene all this greate multitude? Beholde, this daie wil I delyuer the in to yi hande, so yt thou shalt knowe, how yt I am ye LORDE.
14 Achab sayde: By whom? He sayde: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Euen by the yonge men of the rulers of the londe. He sayde: Who shal order the battayl? He sayde: Thou.
15 Then mustered he the yonge men of the rulers of the londe, & there were two hudreth and two and thirtie of them: & after the mustured he of the whole people of all the childre of Israel, seue thousande men,
16 and they wente out in the noone daye. As for Benadab, he dranke and was dronken in the pauylion with the two & thirtie kynges which were come to helpe him.
17 And the yonge men of the rulers of the londe wente forth first. Benadab sent forth, & they brought him worde, & sayde: There come men out of Samaria.
18 He sayde: Take them alyue, whether they be come forth for peace, or for warre.
19 But whan the londe rulers yonge men were gone forth, and the hoost behynde them, euery one smote him yt came in his waye.
20 And the Sirians fled, and Israel folowed after them. And Benadab the kynge of Syria escaped with horses and horsme.
21 And the kynge of Israel wente forth, and smote horses and charettes, and dyd a greate slaughter on the Syrians.