The Syrian chiefs evidently thought that want of unity had weakened their army. They therefore proposed the deposition of the kings, and the substitution, in their place, of Syrian governors: not “captains.” The term used always denotes a civil office.
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1 Kings 20:24
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: