1Kings:20:1-22

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* And Benhadad Ben-Hadad # the king of Syria gathered # all his host together : and there were thirty and two kings with him , and horses , and chariots : and he went up and besieged Samaria , and warred against it . * And he sent messengers to Ahab #Ach #ab # king of Israel into the city , and said unto him , Thus saith Benhadad Ben-Hadad #, * Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; thy wives also and thy children , even the goodliest , are mine . * And the king of Israel answered and said , My lord , O king , according to thy saying , I am thine , and all that I have . * And the messengers came again , and said , Thus speaketh Benhadad Ben-Hadad #, saying , Although I have sent unto thee , saying , Thou shalt deliver me thy silver , and thy gold , and thy wives , and thy children ; * Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time , and they shall search thine house , and the houses of thy servants ; and it shall be , that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes , they shall put it in their hand , and take it away . * Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land , and said , Mark , I pray you , and see how this man seeketh mischief : for he sent unto me for my wives , and for my children , and for my silver , and for my gold ; and I denied him not . * And all the elders and all the people said unto him , Hearken not unto him , nor consent . * Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad Ben-Hadad #, Tell my lord the king , All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do : but this thing I may not do . And the messengers departed , and brought # him word again . * And Benhadad Ben-Hadad # sent unto him , and said , The gods do so unto me , and more also , if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me . * And the king of Israel answered and said , Tell him , Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off . * And it came to pass , when Benhadad heard this message , as he was drinking , he and the kings in the pavilions , that he said unto his servants , Set yourselves in array . And they set themselves in array against the city . * And , behold , there came a prophet unto Ahab #Ach #ab # king of Israel Yisra #el #, saying , Thus saith the LORD , Hast thou seen all this great multitude ? behold , I will deliver it into thine hand this day ; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD . * And Ahab #Ach #ab # said , By whom ? And he said , Thus saith the LORD , Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces . Then he said , Who shall order the battle ? And he answered , Thou . * Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces , and they were two hundred and thirty two : and after them he numbered all the people , even all the children of Israel Yisra #el #, being seven thousand . * And they went out at noon . But Benhadad Ben-Hadad # was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions , he and the kings , the thirty and two kings that helped him . * And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ri #shown #; and Benhadad Ben-Hadad # sent out , and they told him , saying , There are men come out of Samaria . * And he said , Whether they be come out for peace , take them alive ; or whether they be come out for war , take them alive . * So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city , and the army which followed them . * And they slew every one his man : and the Syrians fled ; and Israel pursued them : and Benhadad Ben-Hadad # the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen . * And te king of Israel went out , and smote the horses and chariots , and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter . * And the prophet came to the king of Israel Yisra #el #, and said unto him , Go , strengthen thyself , and mark , and see what thou doest : for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee .

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