1 Kings 20:18

He bids them not fight; for he thought they needed not to strike one stroke, and that the Israelites could not stand the first brunt.

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Take them — He bids them not fight, for he thought they needed not to strike one stroke; and that the Israelites could not stand the first brunt.

¹⁸ And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

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1 Kings 20:18