1 Kings 20:12
ContextNET © | When Ben Hadad received this reply, 1 he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. 2 He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city. |
NIV © | Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he ordered his men: "Prepare to attack." So they prepared to attack the city. |
NASB © | When Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking with the kings in the temporary shelters, he said to his servants, "Station yourselves." So they stationed themselves against the city. |
NLT © | This reply of Ahab’s reached Ben–hadad and the other kings as they were drinking in their tents. "Prepare to attack!" Ben–hadad commanded his officers. So they prepared to attack the city. |
MSG © | It happened that when Ben-Hadad heard this retort he was into some heavy drinking, boozing it up with the sheiks in their field shelters. Drunkenly, he ordered his henchmen, "Go after them!" And they attacked the city. |
BBE © | Now when this answer was given to Ben-hadad, he was drinking with the kings in the tents, and he said to his men, Take up your positions. So they put themselves in position for attacking the town. |
NRSV © | When Ben-hadad heard this message—now he had been drinking with the kings in the booths—he said to his men, "Take your positions!" And they took their positions against the city. |
NKJV © | And it happened when Ben–Hadad heard this message, as he and the kings were drinking at the command post, that he said to his servants, "Get ready." And they got ready to attack the city. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | When <08085> <01961> Ben Hadad received <08085> this <02088> reply <01697> , he and the other kings <04428> were drinking <08354> in their quarters <05521> . He ordered <0559> his servants <05650> , “Get ready <07760> to <0413> attack!” So <07760> they got ready <07760> to attack <05921> <07760> the city .<05892> |
NET © | When Ben Hadad received this reply, 1 he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. 2 He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “When he heard this word.” 2 tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents. |