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## 1 Kings 20:17-18 in Context (Verses 14–21 KJV)
 
 [14 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/14) And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, *Even* by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.**
 
 [15 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/15) Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, *even* all the children of Israel, *being* seven thousand.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/16) And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad *was* drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/17) And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/18) And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/19) So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/20) And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/1-kings/20/21) And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
 
[1 Kings 19](/kjv/1-kings/19) [1 Kings 21](/kjv/1-kings/21)

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