So he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive."
1 Kings 20:18
Surrounding context
20:17 The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, "Men are coming out of Samaria!"
20:18 So he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive."
20:19 Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them.