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1 Kings 20:17

17 The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first.

Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”

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1 Kings 20:17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 The servants of the governors of the districts went out first. And Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”

1 Kings 20:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

1 Kings 20:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 the troops of the provincial commanders marched out of the city as the first contingent.

As they approached, Ben-hadad’s scouts reported to him, “Some troops are coming from Samaria.”

1 Kings 20:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out of Samaria!”

1 Kings 20:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 The young officers of the district governors attacked first. Ben-Hadad sent out scouts who told him that soldiers were coming from Samaria.

1 Kings 20:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 from Samaria.

1 Kings 20:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 And the servants 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.

1 Kings 20:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 The young officers of the district governors went out first. 

Benhadad had sent men ⸤to watch the city⸥. They informed him that some men had come out of Samaria. 

1 Kings 20:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 The young men of the provincial leaders marched out first. Then Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”

1 Kings 20:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 The young men who served the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

1 Kings 20:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 Then the servants of the commanders of the provinces went out first, and Ben-Hadad sent, and they reported to him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

1 Kings 20:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 The young officers who were under Ahab’s area commanders marched out first.

Ben-Hadad had sent out scouts. They came back and reported, “Men are marching against us from Samaria.”

1 Kings 20:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 The young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”


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