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16 They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings allied with him. 17 The young men who served the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts,[a] and they reported to him, ‘Men have come out 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.’

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  1. 1 Kings 20:17 Heb lacks scouts

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