1 Kings 22:31 Cross References - Leeser

³¹ And the king of Syria had commanded the captains over his chariots, thirty-two in number, saying, Fight neither with a small nor a great one, save only with the king of Israel alone.

¹¹ And the men that were at the entrance of the house they smote with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

² And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way.

¹ And Ben-hadad the king of Syria assembled all his host together: and thirty and two kings were with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.

¹⁶ And they went out at midday; while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

²⁴ But do this thing, Remove the kings, every one from his place, and appoint governors in their rooms;

³³ Now the men took it for a good sign, and hastened and caught at his word, whether it was his earnest; and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad! But he said, Go ye, bring him. Then came Ben-hadad forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. ³⁴ And he said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, will I restore; and thou canst lay out for thyself streets in Damascus, as my father laid out in Samaria. “And I for my part will send thee away with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. ³⁵ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his companion, By the word of the Lord, smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him. ³⁶ Then said he unto him, Forasmuch as thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, when thou goest away from me, a lion shall slay thee. And he went away from him, when a lion found him, and slew him. ³⁷ Then he met with another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him. ³⁸ And the prophet then went, and placed himself before the king on the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes. ³⁹ And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king, and said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought unto me a man, and said, Guard this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be forfeit for his life, or else thou shalt weigh me down a talent of silver. ⁴⁰ But it happened as thy servant was Busy here and there, that he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So is thy sentence: thou thyself hast decided it. ⁴¹ And he hastened, and removed the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him that he was one of the prophets. ⁴² And he said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had caught in my net, therefore shall thy life be the forfeit for his life, and thy people for his people.

³⁰ And the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that he had, saying, Fight ye not with the small or with the great, save only with the king of Israel alone.

⁶ And both the great and the small shall die in this land,—they shall not be buried, and men shall not lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;