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1 Kings 22:36

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.

KJV

et præco insonuit in universo exercitu antequam sol occumberet, dicens : Unusquisque revertatur in civitatem, et in terram suam.

Vulgate

καὶ ἔστη ὁ στρατοκήρυξ δύνοντος τοῦ ἡλίου λέγων Ἕκαστος εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν,

LXX

And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country.

ASV

וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֤ר הָ/רִנָּה֙ בַּֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֔ה כְּ/בֹ֥א הַ/שֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אִ֥ישׁ אֶל עִיר֖/וֹ וְ/אִ֥ישׁ אֶל אַרְצֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
רִנָּֽה
rnh
noun · 33×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 12:16 — So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Isr
  • 2Kgs 14:12 — And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
  • Isa 13:14 — And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.