1Kings:20:13-34

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* And behold , a certain prophet came near to Ahab the king of Israel , and said , So says Jehovah , Have you seen all this great multitude ? Behold I am going to give it into your hand today , and you shall know that I am Jehovah . * And Ahab said , By whom ? And he said , So says Jehovah , by the young men of the rulers of the provinces . Then he said , Who shall begin the battle ? And he answered , You . * Then he numbered the young men of the rulers of the provinces , and they were two hundred and thirty two ; and after them he numbered all the people , even all the sons of Israel , being seven thousand . * And they went out at noon , and Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths , he and the kings , the thirty two kings helping him . * And the young men of the rulers of the provinces went out at first ; and Ben-hadad sent , and they told him , saying , Men have come out of Samaria . * And he said , If they have come out for peace , seize them alive ; and if they have come to battle , seize them alive . * And these went out of the city , the young men of the rulers of the provinces , and the army which followed them . * And each struck his man , and Syria fled , and Israel pursued them ; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse , also the horsemen . * And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses , and the chariots , and struck the Syrians with a great blow . * And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him , Go , make yourself strong , and look and see what you do ; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you . * And the king of Syria 's servants said to him , Their god is a god of the hills ; on account of this they were stronger than we ; but let us fight against them in the plain , and surely , we shall be stronger than they , * And do this thing : take away the kings , each out of his place , and set commanders in their place . * And number to yourself an army like the army that was lost from you , even horse for horse and chariot for chariot ; and we shall fight with them in the plain . Are we not stronger than they ? And he listened to their voice and did so . * And it happened at the turn of the year , Ben-hadad called up the Syrians , and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel . * And the sons of Israel were called up , and were fed . And they went to meet them . And the sons of Israel camped before them , like two flocks of goats . And the Syrians filled the land . * And a man of God came near to the king of Israel and said , So says Jehovah , Because the Syrians have said , Jehovah is God of the hills and not God of the valleys , therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand , and you shall know that I am Jehovah . * And they pitched , these against those , seven days . And it happened in the seventh day , the battle came up . And the sons of Israel struck Syria , a hundred thousand footmen in one day . * And those remaining fled to Aphek , to the city . And the wall fell on twenty seven thousand of those left . And Ben-hadad fled , and came into the city , into an inner room . * And his servants said to him , Behold now , we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings . Please let us put sackcloth on our loins , and ropes on our heads , and we shall go to the king of Israel . It may be he will keep alive your life . * And they girded sackcloth on their loins , and ropes on their heads . And they came in to the king of Israel and said , Your servant Ben-hadad has said , Please let me live . And he said , Is he yet alive ? He is my brother . * And the men keenly observed , and quickly caught it from him , and said , Your brother , Ben-hadad . And he said , Go , bring him . And Ben-hadad came out to him . And he took him up on the chariot . * And he said to him , The cities that my father took from your father , I give back . And you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus , as my father did in Samaria . Then I will let you go with a covenant . And he cut a covenant with him and sent him away .

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