English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Kings Book, chapter 21, verse 63 in Lxxen Version

1 Kings 21 : 1 (LXXEN)

And the son of Ader gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, he and thirty-two kings with him, and all his horse and

Gr. chariot

chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

1 Kings 21 : 2 (LXXEN)

And he sent into the city to Achaab king of Israel, and said to him, Thus says the son of Ader,

1 Kings 21 : 3 (LXXEN)

Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy children are mine.

1 Kings 21 : 4 (LXXEN)

And the king of Israel answered and said, As thou hast said, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all mine also.

1 Kings 21 : 5 (LXXEN)

And the messengers came again, and said, Thus says the son of Ader, I sent to thee, saying, Thou shalt give me thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives and thy children.

1 Kings 21 : 6 (LXXEN)

For at this time to-morrow I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it shall be that all the desirable objects of their eyes on which they shall lay their hands, they shall even take them.

1 Kings 21 : 7 (LXXEN)

And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Take notice now and consider, that this man seeks mischief: for he has sent to me concerning my wives, and concerning my sons, and concerning my daughters: I have not kept back from him my silver and my gold.

1 Kings 21 : 8 (LXXEN)

And the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, and consent not.

1 Kings 21 : 9 (LXXEN)

And he said to the messengers of the son of Ader, Say to your master, All things that thou hast sent to thy servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him.

1 Kings 21 : 10 (LXXEN)

And the son of Ader sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for

The LXX read Mylewv for Mylev

foxes to all the people, even my infantry.

1 Kings 21 : 11 (LXXEN)

And the king of Israel answered and said, Let it be sufficient; let not the humpbacked boast as he that is upright.

1 Kings 21 : 12 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants,

Or, build a mound or fortification

Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.

1 Kings 21 : 13 (LXXEN)

And, behold, a prophet came to Achaab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen this great multitude? behold, I give it this day into thine hands; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

1 Kings 21 : 14 (LXXEN)

And Achaab said, Whereby? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, by the young men of the heads of the districts. And Achaab said, Who shall

Gr. engage in the war

begin the battle? and he said, Thou.

1 Kings 21 : 15 (LXXEN)

And Achaab

Or, reviewed

numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterwards he numbered the people, even every

Gr. son of strength

man fit for war, seven thousand.

1 Kings 21 : 16 (LXXEN)

And he went forth at noon, and the son of Ader was drinking and getting drunk in Socchoth, he and the kings, even thirty and two kings, his allies.

1 Kings 21 : 17 (LXXEN)

And the young men the heads of the districts went forth

Gr. among the first

first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.

1 Kings 21 : 18 (LXXEN)

And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably,

Gr. infin. for imper.

take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive:

1 Kings 21 : 19 (LXXEN)

and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them

1 Kings 21 : 20 (LXXEN)

smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, even the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.

1 Kings 21 : 21 (LXXEN)

And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.

1 Kings 21 : 22 (LXXEN)

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen thyself, and observe, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the son of Ader king of Syria comes up against thee.

1 Kings 21 : 23 (LXXEN)

And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel is a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.

1 Kings 21 : 24 (LXXEN)

And do thou this thing: Send away the kings, each one to his place, and set princes in their stead.

1 Kings 21 : 25 (LXXEN)

And we will

Gr. change

give thee another army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he hearkened to

Gr. his

their voice, and did so.

1 Kings 21 : 26 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.

1 Kings 21 : 27 (LXXEN)

And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.

1 Kings 21 : 28 (LXXEN)

And there came the man of God, and said to the king of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Because Syria has said, The Lord God of Israel is a God of the hills, and he is not a God of the valleys, therefore will I give this great army into thy hand, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

1 Kings 21 : 29 (LXXEN)

And they encamp one over against the other before them

Gr. these

seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel smote Syria, even a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

1 Kings 21 : 30 (LXXEN)

And the rest fled to Apheca, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Ader fled, and entered into

Gr. the house of the chamber

an inner chamber, into a closet.

1 Kings 21 : 31 (LXXEN)

And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are

Gr. kings of mercy

merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

1 Kings 21 : 32 (LXXEN)

So they girt sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Ader says, Let our

Gr. soul

souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.

1 Kings 21 : 33 (LXXEN)

And the men divined, and

Or, poured libations, but some read espeusan, which answers exactly to the Hebrew

offered drink-offerings; and they caught the word out of his mouth, and said, Thy brother the son of Ader. And he said, Go ye in and fetch him. And the son of Ader went out to him, and they cause him to go up to him

Gr. upon or to

into the chariot.

1 Kings 21 : 34 (LXXEN)

And he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let thee go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

1 Kings 21 : 35 (LXXEN)

And

Gr. one man

a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray, And the man would not smite him.

1 Kings 21 : 36 (LXXEN)

And he said to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, therefore, behold, as thou departest from me, a lion shall smite thee: and he departed from him, and a lion found him, and smote him.

1 Kings 21 : 37 (LXXEN)

And he finds another man, and says, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, and

Gr. having smitten

in smiting wounded him.

1 Kings 21 : 38 (LXXEN)

And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage.

1 Kings 21 : 39 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Thy servant went out to

Gr. the army of war

war, and, behold, a man brought another man to me, and said to me, Keep his man; and if he should by any means escape, then thy

Gr. soul

life shall go for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

1 Kings 21 : 40 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass, that thy servant looked round this way and that way, and

Gr. he was not

the man was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Behold, thou hast also

Gr. slain

destroyed snares set for me.

1 Kings 21 : 41 (LXXEN)

And he hasted, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.

1 Kings 21 : 42 (LXXEN)

And he said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast suffered to escape out of thine hand a man appointed to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

1 Kings 21 : 43 (LXXEN)

And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria.