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16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
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They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
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The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first. Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
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He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
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The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them
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