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ARAM ATTACKS SHOMERON
And Ben Hadad the sovereign of Aram gathers all his valiant together: with thirty-two sovereigns and horses and chariots; and he ascends and besieges Shomeron and fights against it. 2 And he sends angels to Ach Ab sovereign of Yisra El into the city and says to him, Thus says Ben Hadad, 3 Your silver and your gold is mine; and your women and your sons - the goodliest are mine. 4 And the sovereign of Yisra El answers and says, My adoni, O sovereign, according to your word, I am yours - and all I have. 5 And the angels return and say, Thus says Ben Hadad, saying, Although I send to you, saying, Give me your silver and your gold and your women and your sons; 6 yet tomorrow about this time I send my servants to you to search your house and the houses of your servants; and so be it, whatever is the desire of your eyes, they set in their hand and take away. 7 And the sovereign of Yisra El calls all the elders of the land and says, Perceive, I beseech you and see how this one seeks evil: for he sends to me for my women and for my sons and for my silver and for my gold; and I withhold not from him. 8 And all the elders and all the people say to him, Neither hearken, nor will. 9 And he says to the angels of Ben Hadad, Say to my adoni the sovereign, All you sent for to your servant at the first, I work: but this word, I cannot work. - and the angels go and return the word. 10 And Ben Hadad sends to him and says, The elohim work so to me and add also, if the dust of Shomeron suffice for palmfuls for all the people at my feet. 11 And the sovereign of Yisra El answers and says, Word to him, He who girds halals not as he who loosens. 12 And so be it, he hears this word as he is drinking - he and the sovereigns in the sukkoth/brush arbors; and he says to his servants, Line up! - and they line up against the city. 13
ARAM DEFEATED
And behold, one prophet approaches Ach Ab sovereign of Yisra El, saying, Thus says Yah Veh, See you all this great multitude? Behold, I deliver it into your hand this day; so that you know I - Yah Veh. 14 And Ach Ab says, By whom? And he says, Thus says Yah Veh, by the lads of the governors of the jurisdictions. Then he says, Who binds the war? And he says, You. 15 Then he musters the lads of the governors of the jurisdictions - two hundred and thirty two: and after them he musters all the people - all the sons of Yisra El - seven thousand: 16 and they go at noon: and Ben Hadad is drinking himself intoxicated in the sukkoth/brush arbors - he and the sovereigns - the thirty-two sovereigns who help him. 17 And the lads of the governors of the jurisdictions go first: and Ben Hadad sends them out and they tell him, saying, Men come from Shomeron! 18 And he says, If they come for shalom, apprehend them alive; and if they come for war, apprehend them alive. 19 So these lads of the governors of the jurisdictions go from the city; and the valiant after them. 20 And every one smites his man: and the Aramiy flee; and Yisra El pursues them: and Ben Hadad the sovereign of Aram escapes on a horse with the cavalry: 21 and the sovereign of Yisra El comes and smites the horses and chariots and smites the Aramiy with a great stroke. 22 And the prophet comes near the sovereign of Yisra El and says to him, Go! Strengthen! And perceive and see what to work: for at the turn of the year the sovereign of Aram ascends against you. 23 And the servants of the sovereign of Aram say to him, Their elohim are elohim of the mountains; therefore they prevail over us; and we fight them in the plain and prevail over them: 24 and so we work this word: we turn aside the sovereigns - every man from his place, and set governors in their stead: 25 and number the valiant as the valiant who fell - horse for horse and chariot for chariot: and we fight them in the plain and prevail over them. - and he hearkens to their voice and thus works. 26 And so be it, at the turn of the year, Ben Hadad musters the Aramiy and ascends to Apheq to war against Yisra El: 27 and the sons of Yisra El are mustered and maintained; and go to meet them: and the sons of Yisra El encamp in front of them as two bare doe goats; and the Aramiy fill the land. 28 And a man of Elohim comes near and says to the sovereign of Yisra El and says, Thus says Yah Veh, Because the Aramiy say, Yah Veh is Elohim of the mountains, but he is not Elohim of the valleys, I give all this great multitude into your hand, that you know I - Yah Veh. 29 And they encamp one over against the other seven days. And so be it, in the seventh day, the war approaches: and the sons of Yisra El smite of the Aramiy a hundred thousand on foot in one day: 30 and the remaining flee to Apheq - to the city; and a wall falls on twenty-seven thousand of the men who remain: and Ben Hadad flees and comes to the city - to an inner chamber. 31 And his servants say to him, Behold now, we hear that the sovereigns of the house of Yisra El are merciful sovereigns: have us, I beseech you, set saq on our loins and lines on our heads and go to the sovereign of Yisra El: peradventure he keeps your soul alive. 32 And they gird saq on their loins and put lines on their heads and come to the sovereign of Yisra El and say, Your servant Ben Hadad says, I beseech you, may my soul live. And he says, Is he still alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men prognosticate of him and they hasten and snatch: and they say, Your brother Ben Hadad. Then he says, Go! Take him! Then Ben Hadad goes to him; and he ascends him into the chariot 34 and says to him, The cities my father took from your father, I restore; and set outways for yourself in Dammeseq, as my father set in Shomeron. Then he says, I send you away with this covenant. - and he cuts a covenant with him and sends him away. 35
A SON OF THE PROPHETS ORDERS A SMITING
And one man of the sons of the prophets says to his friend, By the word of Yah Veh, smite me, I beseech you. And the man refuses to smite him. 36 Then he says to him, Because you hearken not to the voice of Yah Veh, behold, as soon as you go from me, a lion smites you. - and as soon as he goes from his side, a lion finds him and smites him. 37 Then he finds another man and says, Smite me, I beseech you. - and the man smites him, so that in smiting he wounds him. 38 So the prophet goes and stands by for the sovereign by the way and disguises himself with ashes on his eyes: 39 and as the sovereign passes by, he cries to the sovereign and he says, Your servant goes midst the war; and behold, a man turns aside and brings a man to me and says, Guard this man: if in missing, he is missing, then your soul is for his soul; or else weigh a round of silver. 40 - and as your servant works here and there, and he is nowhere. And the sovereign of Yisra El says to him, Thus your judgment - as you appoint. 41 And he hastens and turns aside the ashes from his eyes; and the sovereign of Yisra El recognizes that he is of the prophets; 42 and he says to him, Thus says Yah Veh, Because you send away from your hand a man whom I devoted to destruction, so be it, your soul for his soul and your people for his people. 43 And the sovereign of Yisra El goes to his house peeved and enraged and comes to Shomeron.
ARAM ATTACKS SHOMERON
And Ben Hadad the sovereign of Aram gathers all his valiant together: with thirty-two sovereigns and horses and chariots; and he ascends and besieges Shomeron and fights against it. 2 And he sends angels to Ach Ab sovereign of Yisra El into the city and says to him, Thus says Ben Hadad, 3 Your silver and your gold is mine; and your women and your sons - the goodliest are mine. 4 And the sovereign of Yisra El answers and says, My adoni, O sovereign, according to your word, I am yours - and all I have. 5 And the angels return and say, Thus says Ben Hadad, saying, Although I send to you, saying, Give me your silver and your gold and your women and your sons; 6 yet tomorrow about this time I send my servants to you to search your house and the houses of your servants; and so be it, whatever is the desire of your eyes, they set in their hand and take away. 7 And the sovereign of Yisra El calls all the elders of the land and says, Perceive, I beseech you and see how this one seeks evil: for he sends to me for my women and for my sons and for my silver and for my gold; and I withhold not from him. 8 And all the elders and all the people say to him, Neither hearken, nor will. 9 And he says to the angels of Ben Hadad, Say to my adoni the sovereign, All you sent for to your servant at the first, I work: but this word, I cannot work. - and the angels go and return the word. 10 And Ben Hadad sends to him and says, The elohim work so to me and add also, if the dust of Shomeron suffice for palmfuls for all the people at my feet. 11 And the sovereign of Yisra El answers and says, Word to him, He who girds halals not as he who loosens. 12 And so be it, he hears this word as he is drinking - he and the sovereigns in the sukkoth/brush arbors; and he says to his servants, Line up! - and they line up against the city. 13
ARAM DEFEATED
And behold, one prophet approaches Ach Ab sovereign of Yisra El, saying, Thus says Yah Veh, See you all this great multitude? Behold, I deliver it into your hand this day; so that you know I - Yah Veh. 14 And Ach Ab says, By whom? And he says, Thus says Yah Veh, by the lads of the governors of the jurisdictions. Then he says, Who binds the war? And he says, You. 15 Then he musters the lads of the governors of the jurisdictions - two hundred and thirty two: and after them he musters all the people - all the sons of Yisra El - seven thousand: 16 and they go at noon: and Ben Hadad is drinking himself intoxicated in the sukkoth/brush arbors - he and the sovereigns - the thirty-two sovereigns who help him. 17 And the lads of the governors of the jurisdictions go first: and Ben Hadad sends them out and they tell him, saying, Men come from Shomeron! 18 And he says, If they come for shalom, apprehend them alive; and if they come for war, apprehend them alive. 19 So these lads of the governors of the jurisdictions go from the city; and the valiant after them. 20 And every one smites his man: and the Aramiy flee; and Yisra El pursues them: and Ben Hadad the sovereign of Aram escapes on a horse with the cavalry: 21 and the sovereign of Yisra El comes and smites the horses and chariots and smites the Aramiy with a great stroke. 22 And the prophet comes near the sovereign of Yisra El and says to him, Go! Strengthen! And perceive and see what to work: for at the turn of the year the sovereign of Aram ascends against you. 23 And the servants of the sovereign of Aram say to him, Their elohim are elohim of the mountains; therefore they prevail over us; and we fight them in the plain and prevail over them: 24 and so we work this word: we turn aside the sovereigns - every man from his place, and set governors in their stead: 25 and number the valiant as the valiant who fell - horse for horse and chariot for chariot: and we fight them in the plain and prevail over them. - and he hearkens to their voice and thus works. 26 And so be it, at the turn of the year, Ben Hadad musters the Aramiy and ascends to Apheq to war against Yisra El: 27 and the sons of Yisra El are mustered and maintained; and go to meet them: and the sons of Yisra El encamp in front of them as two bare doe goats; and the Aramiy fill the land. 28 And a man of Elohim comes near and says to the sovereign of Yisra El and says, Thus says Yah Veh, Because the Aramiy say, Yah Veh is Elohim of the mountains, but he is not Elohim of the valleys, I give all this great multitude into your hand, that you know I - Yah Veh. 29 And they encamp one over against the other seven days. And so be it, in the seventh day, the war approaches: and the sons of Yisra El smite of the Aramiy a hundred thousand on foot in one day: 30 and the remaining flee to Apheq - to the city; and a wall falls on twenty-seven thousand of the men who remain: and Ben Hadad flees and comes to the city - to an inner chamber. 31 And his servants say to him, Behold now, we hear that the sovereigns of the house of Yisra El are merciful sovereigns: have us, I beseech you, set saq on our loins and lines on our heads and go to the sovereign of Yisra El: peradventure he keeps your soul alive. 32 And they gird saq on their loins and put lines on their heads and come to the sovereign of Yisra El and say, Your servant Ben Hadad says, I beseech you, may my soul live. And he says, Is he still alive? he is my brother. 33 Now the men prognosticate of him and they hasten and snatch: and they say, Your brother Ben Hadad. Then he says, Go! Take him! Then Ben Hadad goes to him; and he ascends him into the chariot 34 and says to him, The cities my father took from your father, I restore; and set outways for yourself in Dammeseq, as my father set in Shomeron. Then he says, I send you away with this covenant. - and he cuts a covenant with him and sends him away. 35
A SON OF THE PROPHETS ORDERS A SMITING
And one man of the sons of the prophets says to his friend, By the word of Yah Veh, smite me, I beseech you. And the man refuses to smite him. 36 Then he says to him, Because you hearken not to the voice of Yah Veh, behold, as soon as you go from me, a lion smites you. - and as soon as he goes from his side, a lion finds him and smites him. 37 Then he finds another man and says, Smite me, I beseech you. - and the man smites him, so that in smiting he wounds him. 38 So the prophet goes and stands by for the sovereign by the way and disguises himself with ashes on his eyes: 39 and as the sovereign passes by, he cries to the sovereign and he says, Your servant goes midst the war; and behold, a man turns aside and brings a man to me and says, Guard this man: if in missing, he is missing, then your soul is for his soul; or else weigh a round of silver. 40 - and as your servant works here and there, and he is nowhere. And the sovereign of Yisra El says to him, Thus your judgment - as you appoint. 41 And he hastens and turns aside the ashes from his eyes; and the sovereign of Yisra El recognizes that he is of the prophets; 42 and he says to him, Thus says Yah Veh, Because you send away from your hand a man whom I devoted to destruction, so be it, your soul for his soul and your people for his people. 43 And the sovereign of Yisra El goes to his house peeved and enraged and comes to Shomeron.