Coverdale(i)
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.
22 Then came there a prophet vnto the kynge of Israel, and sayde vnto him: Go thy waye and strength the, and take hede, and loke well what thou doest: for whan the yeare is aboute, the kynge of Syria shall come agaynst the of the new.