“He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 20 contains 43 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.