1 Kings 22:36
“And there went a proclamation throughout the hoste, about the going downe of the Sunne, saying, Euery man to his citie, and euery man to his owne countrey.”
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1 Kings 22:36 Context
34And a certaine man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel betweene the ioynts of the harnesse: wherefore hee sayd vnto the driuer of his charet, Turne thine hand, and cary me out of the hoste, for I am wounded. 35And the battell increased that day: and the king was stayed vp in his charet against the Syrians, and died at euen: and the blood ranne out of the wound, into the mids of the charet. 36And there went a proclamation throughout the hoste, about the going downe of the Sunne, saying, Euery man to his citie, and euery man to his owne countrey. 37¶ So the King died, and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria. 38And one washed the charet in the poole of Samaria, and the dogges licked vp his blood, and they washed his armour, according vnto the word of the Lord which he spake.
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And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
- King James Version
Then a cry passed throughout the army close to sunset, saying, "Every man to his city and every man to his country."
- New American Standard Version (1995)