For it came to pass that when the captains
sar (sar)
a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
of the chariots
rekeb (reh'-keb)
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone -- chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
perceived
ra'ah (raw-aw')
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions.
that it was not the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
they turned back again
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
from pursuing
'achar (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
him