1 Kings 20:19

19 The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them

1 Kings 20:19 in Other Translations

19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

19 So these went out of the city, the servants of the governors of the districts and the army that followed them.

19 But Ahab’s provincial commanders and the entire army had now come out to fight.

19 The commandos poured out of the city with the full army behind them.

19 The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city,

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 The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first. Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”

18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

19 The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them

20 and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen.

21 The king of Israel advanced and overpowered the horses and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the Arameans.