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And ,
behold ,
there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel ,
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 .
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And Ahab 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 .
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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 ,
being seven thousand .
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And they went out at noon .
But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions ,
he and the kings ,
the thirty and two kings that helped him .
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And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ;
and Benhadad sent out ,
and they told him ,
saying ,
There are men come out of Samaria .
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And he said ,
Whether they be come out for peace ,
take them alive ;
or whether they be come out for war ,
take them alive .
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So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city ,
and the army which followed them .
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And they slew every one his man :
and the Syrians fled ;
and Israel pursued them :
and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen .
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And the king of Israel went out ,
and smote the horses and chariots ,
and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter .
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And the prophet came to the king of Israel ,
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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And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him ,
Their gods are gods of the hills ;
therefore they were stronger than we ;
but let us fight against them in the plain ,
and surely we shall be stronger than they .
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And do this thing ,
Take the kings away ,
every man out of his place ,
and put captains in their rooms :
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And number thee an army ,
like the army that thou hast lost ,
horse for horse ,
and chariot for chariot :
and we will fight against them in the plain ,
and surely we shall be stronger than they .
And he hearkened unto their voice ,
and did so .
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And it came to pass at the return of the year ,
that Benhadad numbered the Syrians ,
and went up to Aphek ,
to fight against Israel .
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And the children of Israel were numbered ,
and were all present ,
and went against them :
and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids ;
but the Syrians filled the country .
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And there came a man of God ,
and spake unto the king of Israel ,
and said ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Because the Syrians have said ,
The LORD is God of the hills ,
but he is not God of the valleys ,
therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand ,
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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And they pitched one over against the other seven days .
And so it was ,
that in the seventh day the battle was joined :
and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day .
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But the rest fled to Aphek ,
into the city ;
and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left .
And Benhadad fled ,
and came into the city ,
into an inner chamber .
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And his servants said unto him ,
Behold now ,
we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings :
let us ,
I pray thee ,
put sackcloth on our loins ,
and ropes upon our heads ,
and go out to the king of Israel :
peradventure he will save thy life .
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So they girded sackcloth on their loins ,
and put ropes on their heads ,
and came to the king of Israel ,
and said ,
Thy servant Benhadad saith ,
I pray thee ,
let me live .
And he said ,
Is he yet alive ?
he is my brother .
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Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him ,
and did hastily catch it :
and they said ,
Thy brother Benhadad .
Then he said ,
Go ye ,
bring him .
Then Benhadad came forth to him ;
and he caused him to come up into the chariot .
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And Benhadad said unto him ,
The cities ,
which my father took from thy father ,
I will restore ;
and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus ,
as my father made in Samaria .
Then said Ahab ,
I will send thee away with this covenant .
So he made a covenant with him ,
and sent him away .