1 Rois 20:18

La Bible Ostervald

Et il dit: Si c'est pour la paix qu'ils sont sortis, saisissez-les vivants; et, si c'est pour le combat, saisissez-les vivants!

Parallel Translations

Darby's French Translation
Et il dit: S'ils sont sortis pour la paix, saisissez-les vivants; et s'ils sont sortis pour la guerre, saisissez-les vivants.

Louis Segond (1910)
Il dit: S'ils sortent pour la paix, saisissez-les vivants; et s'ils sortent pour le combat, saisissez-les vivants.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Et il dit : Soit qu'ils soient sortis pour la paix, ou qu'ils soient sortis pour faire la guerre, saisissez-les tous vifs.

Bible Verse Review
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1 Samuel 2:3, 1 Samuel 2:4, 1 Samuel 14:11, 1 Samuel 14:12, 1 Samuel 17:44, 2 Kings 14:8-12, Proverbs 18:12

Reciprocal: Judges 9:40 - he fled before 1 Samuel 17:42 - disdained 1 Kings 12:18 - flee to Jerusalem 2 Kings 10:14 - Take them alive 2 Kings 18:23 - I will deliver Nehemiah 4:3 - Tobiah Proverbs 14:16 - the fool Isaiah 36:8 - and I Jeremiah 46:17 - Pharaoh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, whether they be come out for peace,.... To propose terms of peace:

take them alive; make them prisoners, which was contrary to the laws of nations:

or whether they be come out for war, take them alive; he made no doubt of their being easily taken; but he would not have them be put to death, that he might examine them, and know the state of things in Samaria, and what Ahab intended to do, that he might take his measures accordingly.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 20:18. Take them alive. — He was confident of victory. Do not slay them; bring them to me, they may give us some useful information.