Study it in the app“The young men of the commanders of the provinces went out first. Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.””
The young menנַעֲרֵיof the commandersשָׂרֵיof the provincesהַמְּדִינוֹתwent outוַיֵּצְאוּfirst.בָּרִאשֹׁנָהBen-hadadבֶּן הֲדַדsent out,וַיִּשְׁלַחand they toldוַיַּגִּידוּhim,לוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Menאֲנָשִׁיםhave come outיָצְאוּfrom Samaria.”מִשֹּׁמְרוֹן
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naare” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appearsBen-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ben” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsSamaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
16They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking and drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings helping him.
17 · This verse (above)
18He said, “If they have come out for peace, seize them alive; and if they have come out for war, alive seize them.”
