1 Kings 20 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty - two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

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1 H1130 Ben Hadad H4428 the king H758 of Syria H6908 gathered H2428 all his army H6908 together; H7970 and there were thirty - H8147 two H4428 kings H5483 with him, and horses H7393 and chariots: H5927 and he went up H6696 and besieged H8111 Samaria, H3898 and fought against it.

2 H7971 He sent H4397 messengers H256 to Ahab H4428 king H3478 of Israel, H5892 into the city, H559 and said H559 to him, "Thus says H1130 Ben Hadad,

3 H3701 ‘Your silver H2091 and your gold H802 is mine. Your wives H1121 also and your children, H2896 even the best, are mine.'"

4 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H6030 answered, H559 "It H559 is according to your saying, H113 my lord, H4428 O king. I am yours, and all that I have."

5 H4397 The messengers H7725 came again, H559 and said, H1130 "Ben Hadad H559 says, H559 ‘I H7971 sent H559 indeed to you, saying, H5414 "You shall deliver H3701 me your silver, H2091 and your gold, H802 and your wives, H1121 and your children;

6 H7971 but I will send H5650 my servants H4279 to you tomorrow H6256 about this time, H2664 and they shall search H1004 your house, H1004 and the houses H5650 of your servants; H1961 and it shall be, H4261 that whatever is pleasant H5869 in your eyes, H7760 they shall put H3027 it in their hand, H3947 and take it away."'"

7 H4428 Then the king H3478 of Israel H7121 called H2205 all the elders H776 of the land, H559 and said, H3045 "Please H7200 notice H1245 how this man seeks H7451 mischief; H7971 for he sent H802 to me for my wives, H1121 and for my children, H3701 and for my silver, H2091 and for my gold; H4513 and I didn't deny him."

8 H2205 All the elders H5971 and all the people H559 said H8085 to him, "Don't listen, H14 neither consent."

9 H559 Therefore he said H4397 to the messengers H1130 of Ben Hadad, H559 "Tell H113 my lord H4428 the king, H7971 ‘All that you sent H5650 for to your servant H7223 at the first H6213 I will do; H1697 but this thing H3201 I cannot H6213 do.'" H4397 The messengers H3212 departed, H7725 and brought H7725 him back H1697 the message.

10 H1130 Ben Hadad H7971 sent H559 to him, and said, H430 "The gods H6213 do so H3254 to me, and more also, H6083 if the dust H8111 of Samaria H5606 shall suffice H8168 for handfuls H5971 for all the people H7272 who follow me."

11 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H6030 answered, H1696 "Tell H2296 him, ‘Don't let him who puts H1984 on his armor brag H6605 like he who takes it off.'"

12 H8085 It happened, when Ben Hadad heard H1697 this message, H8354 as he was drinking, H4428 he and the kings, H5521 in the pavilions, H559 that he said H5650 to his servants, H7760 "Prepare H7760 to attack!" They prepared H5892 to attack the city.

13 H259 Behold, a H5030 prophet H5066 came H256 near to Ahab H4428 king H3478 of Israel, H559 and said, H559 "Thus says H3068 Yahweh, H7200 ‘Have you seen H1419 all this great H1995 multitude? H5414 Behold, I will deliver H3027 it into your hand H3117 this day; H3045 and you shall know H3068 that I am Yahweh.'"

14 H256 Ahab H559 said, H559 "By whom?" He said, H559 "Thus says H3068 Yahweh, H5288 ‘By the young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces.'" H559 Then he said, H631 "Who shall begin H4421 the battle?" H559 He answered, "You."

15 H6485 Then he mustered H5288 the young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces, H8147 and they were two H3967 hundred H7970 and thirty - H8147 two. H310 After H6485 them, he mustered H5971 all the people, H1121 even all the children H3478 of Israel, H7651 being seven H505 thousand.

16 H3318 They went out H6672 at noon. H1130 But Ben Hadad H8354 was drinking H7910 himself drunk H5521 in the pavilions, H4428 he and the kings, H7970 the thirty - H8147 two H4428 kings H5826 who helped him.

17 H5288 The young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces H3318 went out H7223 first; H1130 and Ben Hadad H7971 sent out, H5046 and they told H559 him, saying, H582 "Men H3318 are coming out H8111 from Samaria."

18 H559 He said, H3318 "If they have come out H7965 for peace, H8610 take H2416 them alive; H3318 or if they have come out H4421 for war, H8610 take H2416 them alive."

19 H3318 So these went out H5892 of the city, H5288 the young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces, H2428 and the army H310 which followed them.

20 H376 They each H5221 killed H376 his man. H758 The Syrians H5127 fled, H3478 and Israel H7291 pursued H1130 them. Ben Hadad H4428 the king H758 of Syria H4422 escaped H5483 on a horse H6571 with horsemen.

21 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H3318 went out, H5221 and struck H5483 the horses H7393 and chariots, H5221 and killed H758 the Syrians H1419 with a great H4347 slaughter.

22 H5030 The prophet H5066 came H4428 near to the king H3478 of Israel, H559 and said H3212 to him, "Go, H2388 strengthen H3045 yourself, and mark, H7200 and see H6213 what you do; H8666 for at the return H8141 of the year H4428 the king H758 of Syria H5927 will come up against you."

23 H5650 The servants H4428 of the king H758 of Syria H559 said H430 to him, "Their god H430 is a god H2022 of the hills; H2388 therefore they were stronger H199 than we. But H3898 let us fight H4334 against them in the plain, H3808 and surely H2388 we shall be stronger than they.

24 H6213 Do H1697 this thing: H5493 take H4428 the kings H376 away, every man H4725 out of his place, H7760 and put H6346 captains in their place.

25 H4487 Muster H2428 an army, H2428 like the army H5307 that you have lost, H5483 horse H5483 for horse, H7393 and chariot H7393 for chariot. H3898 We will fight H854 against H4334 them in the plain, H2388 and surely we will be stronger H8085 than them." He listened H6963 to their voice, H6213 and did so.

26 H8666 It happened at the return H8141 of the year, H1130 that Ben Hadad H6485 mustered H758 the Syrians, H5927 and went up H663 to Aphek, H4421 to fight H3478 against Israel.

27 H1121 The children H3478 of Israel H6485 were mustered, H3557 and were provisioned, H3212 and went H7125 against H1121 them. The children H3478 of Israel H2583 encamped H8147 before them like two H2835 little flocks H5795 of young goats; H758 but the Syrians H4390 filled H776 the country.

28 H376 A man H430 of God H5066 came H559 near and spoke H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel, H559 and said, H559 "Thus says H3068 Yahweh, H758 ‘Because the Syrians H559 have said, H3068 "Yahweh H430 is a god H2022 of the hills, H430 but he is not a god H6010 of the valleys;" H5414 therefore I will deliver H1419 all this great H1995 multitude H3027 into your hand, H3045 and you shall know H3068 that I am Yahweh.'"

29 H2583 They encamped H428 one H5227 over against H428 the other H7651 seven H3117 days. H7637 So it was, that in the seventh H3117 day H4421 the battle H7126 was joined; H1121 and the children H3478 of Israel H5221 killed H3967 one hundred H505 thousand H7273 footmen H758 of the Syrians H259 in one H3117 day.

30 H3498 But the rest H5127 fled H663 to Aphek, H5892 into the city; H2346 and the wall H5307 fell H6242 on twenty - H7651 seven H505 thousand H376 men H3498 who were left. H1130 Ben Hadad H5127 fled, H935 and came H5892 into the city, H2315 into an inner H2315 room.

31 H5650 His servants H559 said H8085 to him, "See now, we have heard H4428 that the kings H1004 of the house H3478 of Israel H2617 are merciful H4428 kings. H7760 Please let us put H8242 sackcloth H4975 on our bodies, H2256 and ropes H7218 on our heads, H3318 and go out H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel. H2421 Maybe he will save H5315 your life."

32 H2296 So they put H8242 sackcloth H4975 on their bodies H2256 and ropes H7218 on their heads, H935 and came H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel, H559 and said, H5650 "Your servant H1130 Ben Hadad H559 says, H2421 ‘Please let me live.'" H559 He said, H2416 "Is he still alive? H251 He is my brother."

33 H582 Now the men H5172 observed H4116 diligently, and hurried H2480 to take H559 this phrase; and they said, H251 "Your brother H1130 Ben Hadad." H559 Then he said, H935 "Go, H3947 bring H1130 him." Then Ben Hadad H3318 came out H5927 to him; and he caused him to come up H4818 into the chariot.

34 H559 Ben Hadad said H5892 to him, "The cities H1 which my father H3947 took H1 from your father H7725 I will restore. H7760 You shall make H2351 streets H1834 for yourself in Damascus, H1 as my father H7760 made H8111 in Samaria." H7971 "I," said Ahab, "will let you go H1285 with this covenant." H3772 So he made H1285 a covenant H7971 with him, and let him go.

35 H259 A certain H376 man H1121 of the sons H5030 of the prophets H559 said H7453 to his fellow H1697 by the word H3068 of Yahweh, H5221 "Please strike H376 me!" The man H3985 refused H5221 to strike him.

36 H559 Then he said H8085 to him, "Because you have not obeyed H6963 the voice H3068 of Yahweh, H1980 behold, as soon as you are departed H738 from me, a lion H5221 shall kill H3212 you." As soon as he was departed H681 from him, H738 a lion H4672 found H5221 him, and killed him.

37 H4672 Then he found H312 another H376 man, H559 and said, H5221 "Please strike H376 me." The man H5221 struck H5221 him, smiting H6481 and wounding him.

38 H5030 So the prophet H3212 departed, H5975 and waited H4428 for the king H1870 by the way, H2664 and disguised H666 himself with his headband H5869 over his eyes.

39 H4428 As the king H5674 passed by, H6817 he cried H4428 to the king; H559 and he said, H5650 "Your servant H3318 went out H7130 into the midst H4421 of the battle; H376 and behold, a man H5493 turned aside, H935 and brought H376 a man H559 to me, and said, H8104 ‘Guard H376 this man! H6485 If by any means H6485 he be missing, H5315 then your life H5315 shall be for his life, H8254 or else you shall pay H3603 a talent H3701 of silver.'

40 H5650 As your servant H6213 was busy H369 here and there, he was gone." H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H559 said H4941 to him, "So your judgment H2782 shall be; you yourself have decided it."

41 H4116 He hurried, H666 and took the headband H5493 away H5869 from his eyes; H4428 and the king H3478 of Israel H5234 recognized H5030 that he was of the prophets.

42 H559 He said H559 to him, "Thus says H3068 Yahweh, H7971 ‘Because you have let go H3027 out of your hand H376 the man H2764 whom I had devoted to destruction, H5315 therefore your life H5315 shall go for his life, H5971 and your people H5971 for his people.'"

43 H4428 The king H3478 of Israel H3212 went H1004 to his house H5620 sullen H2198 and angry, H935 and came H8111 to Samaria.