| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 20:16:1 ⧉וַיֵּצְא֖וּvayetseuand they went out 1 Kings 20:16:2 ⧉בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםbatsoharayimat noon 1 Kings 20:16:3 ⧉וּבֶן־הֲדַד֩uvenhadadand Ben-hadad 1 Kings 20:16:4 ⧉שֹׁתֶ֨הshotewas drinking 1 Kings 20:16:5 ⧉שִׁכּ֜וֹרshikordrunk 1 Kings 20:16:6 ⧉בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹתbasukotin the booths 1 Kings 20:16:7 ⧉ה֧וּאhuhe 1 Kings 20:16:8 ⧉וְהַמְּלָכִ֛יםvehammelakhimand the kings 1 Kings 20:16:9 ⧉שְׁלֹשִֽׁים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִםsheloshimushenayimthirty and two 1 Kings 20:16:10 ⧉מֶ֖לֶךְmelekhking of 1 Kings 20:16:11 ⧉עֹזֵ֥רozerhelping 1 Kings 20:16:12 ⧉אֹתֽוֹ׃otohim |
| 16. Formal Translation And they went out at noon, and Ben-Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the tents—he and the thirty-two kings assisting him. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation They marched out at midday while Ben-Hadad got thoroughly drunk in his tents, with the thirty-two allied kings supporting him. |