1 Kings 20:19

19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

1 Kings 20:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 20:19

So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of
the city
First, as before observed, and marched forwards towards the Syrian camp:

and the army which followed them;
consisting of 7000 men.

1 Kings 20:19 In-Context

17 And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

18 And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

20 And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.

21 And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.