King James Version
1 Kings 20:24 in the King James Version says “And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:”
1 Kings 20:24 · KJV
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. that thou: Heb. that was fallen
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. to fight: Heb. to the war with Israel
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“this thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“away every man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“out of his place”
H4725properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
“and put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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