1 Rois 22:31

31 Or le roi des Syriens avait donné cet ordre aux trente-deux chefs de ses chars, disant: Vous n'attaquerez ni petit ni grand, mais seulement le roi d'Israël.

1 Rois 22:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 22:31

But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains
that had the rule over his chariots
This was the number of his kings in the first battle with Israel, and of his captains in the second, ( 1 Kings 20:1 1 Kings 20:24 1 Kings 20:25 ) , and the same number he had now, being very probably not only the number of his chariots, but the division of his army was into so many battalions, under the command of these captains of chariots:

saying, fight neither with small nor great;
of those that belonged to Jehoshaphat:

save only with the king of Israel;
and his men; for it can hardly be thought that his orders were to fight with none, nor kill any in the battle but Ahab personally; though it is very probable he might give them directions to aim at him chiefly, knowing that, if he was killed or taken, his army would flee or surrender; and he might be desirous of getting him into his hands, as he had been in his; and the rather his spite was against him, as he was the mover of the war.

1 Rois 22:31 In-Context

29 Le roi d'Israël monta donc avec Josaphat, roi de Juda, à Ramoth de Galaad.

30 Et le roi d'Israël dit à Josaphat: Je me déguiserai pour aller au combat; mais toi, revêts-toi de tes habits. Ainsi le roi d'Israël se déguisa et vint au combat.

31 Or le roi des Syriens avait donné cet ordre aux trente-deux chefs de ses chars, disant: Vous n'attaquerez ni petit ni grand, mais seulement le roi d'Israël.

32 Sitôt donc que les chefs des chars eurent vu Josaphat, ils dirent: C'est certainement le roi d'Israël. Et ils tournèrent vers lui pour l'attaquer; mais Josaphat poussa un cri.

33 Et quand les chefs des chars virent que ce n'était pas le roi d'Israël, ils se détournèrent de lui.