1 Raja-raja 20:14

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Lalu bertanyalah Ahab: "Dengan bantuan siapa?" Jawabnya: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Dengan bantuan orang-orang muda pengiring kepala-kepala daerah." Tanyanya pula: "Siapakah yang akan memulai perang?" Jawabnya: "Engkau!"

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Lalu bertanyalah Ahab: "Dengan bantuan siapa?" Jawabnya: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Dengan bantuan orang-orang muda pengiring kepala-kepala daerah." Tanyanya pula: "Siapakah yang akan memulai perang?" Jawabnya: "Engkau!"

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka kata Akhab: Oleh siapa? Maka sahut nabi itu: Demikian inilah firman Tuhan: Oleh hamba-hamba segala penghulu mukim. Maka kata baginda: Siapakah akan mengikat perangnya: Maka sahut nabi itu: Engkau juga.

Contextual Overview

¹² And it fortuned, that when Benhadad hearde that tydinges, as he was with the kinges drinking within the pauilions, and he saide vnto this seruauntes, Put your selues in order. And they set them selues in aray against the citie. ¹³ And beholde, there came a prophete vnto Ahab king of Israel, saying, thus sayeth the Lord: Hast thou seene all this great multitude? beholde, I will deliuer it into thyne hand this day, & thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde. ¹⁴ And Ahab sayd: By whom? He sayde: Thus sayth the Lorde, euen by the seruauntes of the gouernours of ye shyres. He sayd againe: who shall order the battayle? And he aunswered: Thou. ¹⁵ Then he numbred the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres, & they were two hundred and thirtie and two: And after them also he numbred all the people of the children of Israel [euen] seuen thousande. ¹⁶ And they went out at noone: but Benhadad dyd drinke till he was drunken in the pauillions, both he and the kinges: eue thirtie & two kinges, that holpe him. ¹⁷ And the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres went out first, and Benhadad sent out, & they shewed him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria. ¹⁸ He sayde: Whether they be come out for peace, take them alyue: or whether they be come out to fight, take them yet alyue. ¹⁹ And so those young men of the gouernours of the shyres came out of the citie, and the hoast after them: ²⁰ And they slue euery one his enemie [that came in his way:] and the Syrians fled, & they of Israel folowed after the: And Benhadad the king of Syria scaped on a horse, with his horsemen. ²¹ And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charettes, & with a great slaughter slue he the Syrians.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

young men: or, servants, Genesis 14:14-16, Judges 7:16-20, 1 Samuel 17:50, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

order: Heb. bind, or tie, 1 Kings 18:44

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:17 - General 2 Kings 9:21 - Make ready 1 Corinthians 1:25 - the foolishness

Cross-References

Genesis 12:16
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheepe and oxen, and he asses, menseruauntes, & maydeseruauntes, she asses and camelles.

Genesis 20:2
And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe, she is my syster: And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent, and fet Sara away.

Genesis 20:7
Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne, for he is a prophete, and he shall pray for thee, that thou mayest lyue: But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne, be sure that thou shalt dye the death, [both thou] and all that thou hast.

Genesis 20:11
Abraha aunswered: For I thought [thus] surely the feare of God is not in this place, and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Ahab said, by whom?.... Knowing he had no army with him sufficient to go out with against the Syrian army:

and he said, thus saith the Lord, even by the young men of the princes of the provinces; either such, as Kimchi thinks, who were brought up with him; or, as others, the sons of governors of provinces, who were kept as hostages, that their fathers might not rebel; neither of which is likely: but rather the servants of such princes who waited on them, and lived delicately and at ease, and were not trained up to military exercise, even by these should the victory be obtained:

then he said, who shall order the battle? begin the attack, we or they? or who shall conduct it, or be the general of the army, go before it, and lead them on? Ahab might think, being an idolater, that the Lord would not make use of him, or otherwise who could be thought of but himself?

and he answered, thou; thou must be the commander, go forth with the army, and make the attack upon the enemy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “princes of the provinces” are the governors of districts, many of whom may have fled to the capital, as the hostile army advanced through Galilee and northern Samaria. The “young men” are their attendants, youths unaccustomed to war.

Who shall order the battle? - i. e., “Who shal join battle, begin the attack? We or the enemy?” The reply was, that the Israelites were to attack.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 20:14. By the young men of the princes of the provinces. — These were probably some chosen persons out of the militia of different districts, raised by the princes of the provinces; the same as we would call lord-lieutenants of counties.