1 Kings 20:17

The servants of the governors of the districts went out first . And Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him , Men are coming out from Samaria .

The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first. Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.