1 Kings 22:33

Easy-to-Read Version

When the commanders saw that he was not King Ahab, they stopped chasing him.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Hebrew Names Version
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Yisra'el, that they turned back from pursuing him.

King James Version
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

English Standard Version
And when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

New Century Version
When they saw he was not King Ahab, they stopped chasing him.

New English Translation
When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

Amplified Bible
When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

New American Standard Bible
Then, when the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the captaines of the charets saw that he was not the King of Israel, they turned backe from him.

Legacy Standard Bible
So it happened that when the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Contemporary English Version
they realized he wasn't Ahab, and they left him alone.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that the chariot commanders saw that he wasn't the king of Isra'el and stopped pursuing him.

Darby Translation
And it came to pass that when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

George Lamsa Translation
And when the captains of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Good News Translation
they realized that he was not the king of Israel, and they stopped their attack.

Lexham English Bible
When the chariot commanders saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

Literal Translation
And it happened when the commanders of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from following him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not ye kinge of Israel, they turned back fro him.

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Bible in Basic English
And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so it came to passe, that when the captaynes of the charettes sawe that he was not the king of Israel, they turned backe from him.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe, when the captaines of the charets perceiued that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned backe from pursuing him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Berean Standard Bible
And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josephat criede; and the princis of charis vndurstoden, that it was not the king of Israel, and thei ceessiden fro hym.

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, at the heads of the charioteers seeing that he [is] not the king of Israel, that they turn back from after him.

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it wasn't the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it [was] not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

World English Bible
It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

New King James Version
And it happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

New Living Translation
the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, and they stopped chasing him.

New Life Bible
Then the captains of the war-wagons saw that it was not the king of Israel. So they returned from going after him.

New Revised Standard
When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, when the chariot-captains saw that it was, not the king of Israel, that they turned back, from pursuing him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the captains of the chariots perceived that he was not the king of Israel, and they turned away from him.

Revised Standard Version
And when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Contextual Overview

²⁹ King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to fight the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead. ³⁰ Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Disguise yourself when you go into battle, but wear your own clothes. And I will disguise myself." The king of Israel went into battle dressed like an ordinary soldier. ³¹ The king of Aram had 32 chariot commanders. He gave them this command, "Don't go after anyone except the king of Israel, no matter how important they are." ³² When the commanders saw King Jehoshaphat, they thought he was the king of Israel, and so they went to kill him. Jehoshaphat started shouting. ³³ When the commanders saw that he was not King Ahab, they stopped chasing him. ³⁴ Then a soldier in the distance pulled back as far as he could on his bow and shot an arrow into the air. The arrow happened to hit the king of Israel in a small hole where his armor was fastened together. King Ahab said to his chariot driver, "I've been hit! Turn the chariot around and take me off the battlefield!" ³⁵ The armies continued to fight while King Ahab was propped up in his chariot. He was leaning against the sides of the chariot, looking out toward the Arameans. His blood ran down onto the floor of the chariot. Later in the evening, he died. ³⁶ At sunset all the Israelites cheered when they were told to go home. So they all went back to their hometowns. ³⁷ And that is how King Ahab died. Some men carried his body to Samaria and buried him there. ³⁸ They took his chariot to the large pool in Samaria to clean it. The dogs licked up Ahab's blood while the prostitutes washed the chariot. This happened just as the Lord said it would.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that they turned: 1 Kings 22:31, Psalms 76:10

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 3:7 - wilt thou go 2 Kings 23:30 - servants 2 Chronicles 18:32 - from pursuing him

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel,.... Against whom only their orders were to fight:

that they turned back from pursuing him; for upon so great a force coming upon him he could not withstand, he fled.