Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king them sent out to the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”
Parallel translations
- KJV They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- BSB Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
- NKJV Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them in the direction of the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”
- NASB Therefore they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the army of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.”
- NLT So two chariots with horses were prepared, and the king sent scouts to see what had happened to the Aramean army.
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