1 Kings 22:36
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
1 Kings 22:36 in other translations
| BSB | As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!” |
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| WEB | A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!” |
| ASV | And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country. |
| YLT | and he causeth the cry to pass over through the camp, at the going in of the sun, saying, ‘Each unto his city, and each unto his land.' |
| DARBY | And there went the cry throughout the host at the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country! |
| BBE | And about sundown a cry went up from all parts of the army, saying, Let every man go back to his town and his country, for the king is dead. |
| Webster | And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the setting of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. |
What does 1 Kings 22:36 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29-38
29-38. went up to Ramoth-gilead--The king of Israel, bent on this expedition, marched, accompanied by his ally, with all his forces to the siege; but on approaching the scene of action, his courage failed, and, hoping to evade the force of Micaiah's prophecy by a secret stratagem, he assumed the uniform of a subaltern, while he advised Jehoshaphat to fight in his royal attire. The Syrian king, with a view either to…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 22:29-40
Ahab basely intended to betray Johoshaphat to danger, that he might secure himself. See what they get that join with wicked men. How can it be expected that he should be true to his friend, who has been false to his God! He had said in compliment to Ahab, I am as thou art, and now he was indeed taken for him. Those that associate with evil-doers, are in danger of sharing in their plagues. By Jehoshaphat's…
1 Kings 22:36 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 22:36
- 2 Kings 14:12
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
- Judges 7:7-8
And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
- 1 Samuel 4:10
And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Kings 12:24
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.
- 1 Kings 22:17
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 1 Kings 12:16
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
- 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- 1 Kings 22:31
But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
- Judges 21:24
And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.
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- 1 Kings 22:35
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
- 1 Kings 22:36
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
- 1 Kings 22:37
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
1 Kings 22:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á puesta del sol salió un pregón por el campo, diciendo: ¡Cada uno á su ciudad, y cada cual á su tierra! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et une proclamation passa par le camp, au coucher du soleil, disant: Chacun à sa ville, et chacun à son pays! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da erging der laute Ruf durch das Lager beim Untergang der Sonne, indem man sprach: Ein jeder in seine Stadt, und ein jeder in sein Land! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et præco insonuit in universo exercitu antequam sol occumberet, dicens: Unusquisque revertatur in civitatem, et in terram suam. |