the captains of the chariots thatwere with him R.V. the captains of his chariots. Thirty-twoin number (1 Kin.). While the rest of the Syrian army met the Israelite attack, the chariots were to act as an independent force, whose primary task should be to kill or capture Ahab. The king of Syria felt himself overmatched and thought that the only chance of victory lay in the fall of the Israelite commander. Cp. 2 Kings 3:26 (the king of Moab tries to break through to the king off Edom).

Fight ye not with small or great R.V. Fight neither with small nor great (so in 1 Kin.).

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