Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 20:19
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
19. So these young men, &c.] The R.V. keeps the order of the original and renders So these went out of the city, the young men, &c. The LXX. has made this clause part of Ben-hadad’s order: ‘And let not the young men &c. go forth’.
and the army which followed them ] That is, the 7000 mentioned above in 1Ki 20:15. Apparently the battle was to be commenced by the young men, and the other troops were to come on and increase the alarm caused by the unexpected attack.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city,…. First, as before observed, and marched forwards towards the Syrian camp:
and the army which followed them; consisting of 7000 men.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ki 20:19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
Ver. 19. And the army which followed them, ] viz., Those seven thousand, 1Ki 20:15 which Pellican saith were godly, confiding men; and Martyr thinketh they were the seven thousand that had not bowed their knees to Baal. Piety is the ground of all true valour.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: 1Ki 20:17 – General 1Ch 19:14 – they fled