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Behold ,
a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel ,
and said , "
Thus says Yahweh , '
Have you seen all this great multitude ?
Behold ,
I will deliver it into your hand this day ;
and you shall know that I am Yahweh .'"
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Ahab said , "
By whom ?"
He said , "
Thus says Yahweh , '
By the young men of the princes of the provinces .'"
Then he said , "
Who shall begin the battle ?"
He answered , "
You ."
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Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces ,
and they were two hundred and thirty-two .
After them ,
he mustered all the people ,
even all the children of Israel ,
being seven thousand .
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They went out at noon .
But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions ,
he and the kings ,
the thirty-two kings who helped him .
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The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first ;
and Ben Hadad sent out ,
and they told him ,
saying , "
Men are coming out from Samaria ."
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He said , "
If they have come out for peace ,
take them alive ;
or if they have come out for war ,
take them alive ."
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So these went out of the city ,
the young men of the princes of the provinces ,
and the army which followed them .
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They each killed his man .
The Syrians fled ,
and Israel pursued them .
Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen .
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The king of Israel went out ,
and struck the horses and chariots ,
and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter .
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The prophet came near to the king of Israel ,
and said to him , "
Go ,
strengthen yourself ,
and mark ,
and see what you do ;
for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you ."
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The servants of the king of Syria said to him , "
Their god is a god 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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Do this thing :
take the kings away ,
every man out of his place ,
and put captains in their place .
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Muster an army ,
like the army that you have lost ,
horse for horse ,
and chariot for chariot .
We will fight against them in the plain ,
and surely we will be stronger than them ."
He listened to their voice ,
and did so .
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It happened at the return of the year ,
that Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians ,
and went up to Aphek ,
to fight against Israel .
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The children of Israel were mustered ,
and were provisioned ,
and went against them .
The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats ;
but the Syrians filled the country .
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A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel ,
and said , "
Thus says Yahweh , '
Because the Syrians have said , "
Yahweh is a god of the hills ,
but he is not a god of the valleys ";
therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand ,
and you shall know that I am Yahweh .'"
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They encamped one over against the other seven days .
So it was ,
that in the seventh day the battle was joined ;
and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day .
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But the rest fled to Aphek ,
into the city ;
and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left .
Ben Hadad fled ,
and came into the city ,
into an inner room .
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His servants said to him , "
See now ,
we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings .
Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies ,
and ropes on our heads ,
and go out to the king of Israel .
Maybe he will save your life ."
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So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads ,
and came to the king of Israel ,
and said , "
Your servant Ben Hadad says , '
Please let me live .'"
He said , "
Is he still alive ?
He is my brother ."
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Now the men observed diligently ,
and hurried to take this phrase ;
and they said , "
Your brother Ben Hadad ."
Then he said , "
Go ,
bring him ."
Then Ben Hadad came out to him ;
and he caused him to come up into the chariot .
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Ben Hadad said to him , "
The cities which my father took from your father I will restore .
You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus ,
as my father made in Samaria ." "
I ,"
said Ahab , "
will let you go with this covenant ."
So he made a covenant with him ,
and let him go .