1 Kings 20 · Verse 21

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 20:21, King James Version

1 Kings 20:21 in other translations

BSBThen the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
WEBThe king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
ASVAnd the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
YLTand the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.
DARBYAnd the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
BBEAnd the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.
WebsterAnd the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

What does 1 Kings 20:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 20:13-21

13-21. behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab--Though the king and people of Israel had highly offended Him, God had not utterly cast them off. He still cherished designs of mercy towards them, and here, though unasked, gave them a signal proof of His interest in them, by a prophet's animating announcement that the Lord would that day deliver the mighty hosts of the enemy into his hand by means of a small, feeble…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 20:12-21

The proud Syrians were beaten, and the despised Israelites were conquerors. The orders of the proud, drunken king disordered his troops, and prevented them from attacking the Israelites. Those that are most secure, are commonly least courageous. Ahab slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. God often makes one wicked man a scourge to another.

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1 Kings 20:21 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּצֵא֙vai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיַּ֥ךְvai.Yakhand he struck downH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַסּ֖וּסha.Susthe horse[s]H5483
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָרָ֑כֶבha.Ra.khevthe chariotryH7393
וְהִכָּ֥הve.hi.Kahand he struck downH5221
בַאֲרָ֖םva.'a.Ramamong AramH758
מַכָּ֥הma.Kaha slaughterH4347
גְדוֹלָֽה\׃ge.do.LahgreatH1419

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 20:21

  • 2 Kings 3:18

    And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

  • 2 Kings 3:24

    And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

  • 1 Samuel 17:52

    And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

  • 1 Samuel 14:20-22

    And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

  • Judges 3:28

    And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

  • Judges 7:23-25

    And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

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Jud 3:28; 7:23-25; 1Sa 14:20-22; 17:52; 2Ki 3:18,24

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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 20:22

    And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

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1 Kings 20:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y salió el rey de Israel, é hirió la gente de á caballo, y los carros; y deshizo los Siros con grande estrago.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le roi d’Israël sortit et frappa les chevaux et les chars, et il infligea aux Syriens une grande défaite.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da zog der König von Israel aus und schlug die Rosse und die Wagen, und er richtete unter den Syrern eine große Niederlage an.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Necnon egressus rex Israël percussit equos et currus, et percussit Syriam plaga magna.