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1 # And Benhadad <01130> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> gathered <06908> <00> all his host <02428> together <06908> (8804): and there were thirty <07970> and two <08147> kings <04428> with him, and horses <05483>, and chariots <07393>: and he went up <05927> (8799) and besieged <06696> (8799) Samaria <08111>, and warred <03898> (8735) against it.
2 And he sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> to Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478> into the city <05892>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) Benhadad <01130>,
3 Thy silver <03701> and thy gold <02091> is mine; thy wives <0802> also and thy children <01121>, even the goodliest <02896>, are mine.
4 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, according to thy saying <01697>, I am thine, and all that I have.
5 And the messengers <04397> came again <07725> (8799), and said <0559> (8799), Thus speaketh <0559> (8804) Benhadad <01130>, saying <0559> (8800), Although I have sent <07971> (8804) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800), Thou shalt deliver <05414> (8799) me thy silver <03701>, and thy gold <02091>, and thy wives <0802>, and thy children <01121>;
6 Yet I will send <07971> (8799) my servants <05650> unto thee to morrow <04279> about this time <06256>, and they shall search <02664> (8765) thine house <01004>, and the houses <01004> of thy servants <05650>; and it shall be <01961> (8804), that whatsoever is pleasant <04261> in thine eyes <05869>, they shall put <07760> (8799) it in their hand <03027> , and take it away <03947> (8804).
7 Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> called <07121> (8799) all the elders <02205> of the land <0776> , and said <0559> (8799), Mark <03045> (8798), I pray you, and see <07200> (8798) how this man seeketh <01245> (8764) mischief <07451>: for he sent <07971> (8804) unto me for my wives <0802>, and for my children <01121>, and for my silver <03701>, and for my gold <02091>; and I denied <04513> (8804) him not.
8 And all the elders <02205> and all the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hearken <08085> (8799) not unto him, nor consent <014> (8799).
9 Wherefore he said <0559> (8799) unto the messengers <04397> of Benhadad <01130>, Tell <0559> (8798) my lord <0113> the king <04428>, All that thou didst send <07971> (8804) for to thy servant <05650> at the first <07223> I will do <06213> (8799): but this thing <01697> I may <03201> (8799) not do <06213> (8800). And the messengers <04397> departed <03212> (8799), and brought <07725> <00> him word <01697> again <07725> (8686).
10 And Benhadad <01130> sent <07971> (8799) unto him, and said <0559> (8799), The gods <0430> do so <06213> (8799) unto me, and more also <03254> (8686), if the dust <06083> of Samaria <08111> shall suffice <05606> (8799) for handfuls <08168> for all the people <05971> that follow <07272> me.
11 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Tell <01696> (8761) him, Let not him that girdeth <02296> (8802) on his harness boast <01984> (8691) himself as he that putteth it off <06605> (8764).
12 # And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard <08085> (8800) this message <01697>, as he was drinking <08354> (8802), he and the kings <04428> in the pavilions <05521>, that he said <0559> (8799) unto his servants <05650>, Set <07760> (8798) yourselves in array. And they set <07760> (8799) themselves in array against the city <05892>.
13 And, behold, there came <05066> (8738) a <0259> prophet <05030> unto Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559> (8799), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Hast thou seen <07200> (8804) all this great <01419> multitude <01995>? behold, I will deliver <05414> (8802) it into thine hand <03027> this day <03117> ; and thou shalt know <03045> (8804) that I am the LORD <03068>.
14 And Ahab <0256> said <0559> (8799), By whom? And he said <0559> (8799), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Even by the young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>. Then he said <0559> (8799), Who shall order <0631> (8799) the battle <04421>? And he answered <0559> (8799), Thou.
15 Then he numbered <06485> (8799) the young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>, and they were two <08147> hundred <03967> and thirty <07970> two <08147>: and after <0310> them he numbered <06485> (8804) all the people <05971>, even all the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, being seven <07651> thousand <0505>.
16 And they went out <03318> (8799) at noon <06672>. But Benhadad <01130> was drinking <08354> (8802) himself drunk <07910> in the pavilions <05521>, he and the kings <04428>, the thirty <07970> and two <08147> kings <04428> that helped <05826> (8802) him.
17 And the young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082> went out <03318> (8799) first <07223>; and Benhadad <01130> sent out <07971> (8799), and they told <05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800) , There are men <0582> come out <03318> (8804) of Samaria <08111>.
18 And he said <0559> (8799), Whether they be come out <03318> (8804) for peace <07965>, take <08610> (8798) them alive <02416>; or whether they be come out <03318> (8804) for war <04421>, take <08610> (8798) them alive <02416>.
19 So these young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082> came out <03318> (8804) of the city <05892>, and the army <02428> which followed <0310> them.
20 And they slew <05221> (8686) every one <0376> his man <0376>: and the Syrians <0758> fled <05127> (8799); and Israel <03478> pursued <07291> (8799) them: and Benhadad <01130> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> escaped <04422> (8735) on an horse <05483> with the horsemen <06571>.
21 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went out <03318> (8799), and smote <05221> (8686) the horses <05483> and chariots <07393>, and slew <05221> (8689) the Syrians <0758> with a great <01419> slaughter <04347> .
22 # And the prophet <05030> came <05066> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go <03212> (8798), strengthen <02388> (8690) thyself, and mark <03045> (8798), and see <07200> (8798) what thou doest <06213> (8799): for at the return <08666> of the year <08141> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> will come up <05927> (8802) against thee.
23 And the servants <05650> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> said <0559> (8804) unto him, Their gods <0430> are gods <0430> of the hills <02022>; therefore they were stronger <02388> (8804) than we; but <0199> let us fight <03898> (8735) against them in the plain <04334>, and surely <03808> we shall be stronger <02388> (8799) than they.
24 And do <06213> (8798) this thing <01697>, Take <05493> (8685) the kings <04428> away, every man <0376> out of his place <04725>, and put <07760> (8798) captains <06346> in their rooms:
25 And number <04487> (8799) thee an army <02428>, like the army <02428> that thou hast lost <05307> (8802) , horse <05483> for horse <05483>, and chariot <07393> for chariot <07393>: and we will fight <03898> (8735) against <0854> them in the plain <04334>, and surely we shall be stronger <02388> (8799) than they. And he hearkened <08085> (8799) unto their voice <06963>, and did so <06213> (8799).
26 And it came to pass at the return <08666> of the year <08141>, that Benhadad <01130> numbered <06485> (8799) the Syrians <0758>, and went up <05927> (8799) to Aphek <0663>, to fight <04421> against Israel <03478>.
27 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were numbered <06485> (8719), and were all present <03557> (8791), and went <03212> (8799) against <07125> (8800) them: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> pitched <02583> (8799) before them like two <08147> little flocks <02835> of kids <05795>; but the Syrians <0758> filled <04390> (8765) the country <0776>.
28 And there came <05066> (8799) a man <0376> of God <0430>, and spake <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Because the Syrians <0758> have said <0559> (8804), The LORD <03068> is God <0430> of the hills <02022>, but he is not God <0430> of the valleys <06010>, therefore will I deliver <05414> (8804) all this great <01419> multitude <01995> into thine hand <03027>, and ye shall know <03045> (8804) that I am the LORD <03068>.
29 And they pitched <02583> (8799) one <0428> over against <05227> the other <0428> seven <07651> days <03117>. And so it was, that in the seventh <07637> day <03117> the battle <04421> was joined <07126> (8799): and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> slew <05221> (8686) of the Syrians <0758> an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> footmen <07273> in one <0259> day <03117>.
30 But the rest <03498> (8737) fled <05127> (8799) to Aphek <0663>, into the city <05892>; and there a wall <02346> fell <05307> (8799) upon twenty <06242> and seven <07651> thousand <0505> of the men <0376> that were left <03498> (8737). And Benhadad <01130> fled <05127> (8804), and came <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>, into an inner <02315> chamber <02315>.
31 # And his servants <05650> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold now, we have heard <08085> (8804) that the kings <04428> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> are merciful <02617> kings <04428>: let us, I pray thee, put <07760> (8799) sackcloth <08242> on our loins <04975>, and ropes <02256> upon our heads <07218>, and go out <03318> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>: peradventure he will save <02421> (8762) thy life <05315>.
32 So they girded <02296> (8799) sackcloth <08242> on their loins <04975>, and put ropes <02256> on their heads <07218>, and came <0935> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799), Thy servant <05650> Benhadad <01130> saith <0559> (8804), I pray thee, let me live <02421> (8799) <05315>. And he said <0559> (8799), Is he yet alive <02416>? he is my brother <0251>.
33 Now the men <0582> did diligently observe <05172> (8762) whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily <04116> (8762) catch <02480> (8686) it: and they said <0559> (8799), Thy brother <0251> Benhadad <01130>. Then he said <0559> (8799), Go <0935> (8798) ye, bring <03947> (8798) him. Then Benhadad <01130> came forth <03318> (8799) to him; and he caused him to come up <05927> (8686) into the chariot <04818>.
34 And Benhadad said <0559> (8799) unto him, The cities <05892>, which my father <01> took <03947> (8804) from thy father <01>, I will restore <07725> (8686); and thou shalt make <07760> (8799) streets <02351> for thee in Damascus <01834>, as my father <01> made <07760> (8804) in Samaria <08111>. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away <07971> (8762) with this covenant <01285>. So he made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> with him, and sent him away <07971> (8762).
35 And a certain <0259> man <0376> of the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> said <0559> (8804) unto his neighbour <07453> in the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, Smite <05221> (8685) me, I pray thee. And the man <0376> refused <03985> (8762) to smite <05221> (8687) him.
36 Then said <0559> (8799) he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, behold, as soon as thou art departed <01980> (8802) from me, a lion <0738> shall slay <05221> (8689) thee. And as soon as he was departed <03212> (8799) from him <0681>, a lion <0738> found <04672> (8799) him, and slew <05221> (8686) him.
37 Then he found <04672> (8799) another <0312> man <0376>, and said <0559> (8799), Smite <05221> (8685) me, I pray thee. And the man <0376> smote <05221> (8686) him, so that in smiting <05221> (8687) he wounded <06481> (8800) him.
38 So the prophet <05030> departed <03212> (8799), and waited <05975> (8799) for the king <04428> by the way <01870>, and disguised <02664> (8691) himself with ashes <0666> upon his face <05869>.
39 And as the king <04428> passed by <05674> (8802), he cried <06817> (8804) unto the king <04428>: and he said <0559> (8799), Thy servant <05650> went out <03318> (8804) into the midst <07130> of the battle <04421> ; and, behold, a man <0376> turned aside <05493> (8804), and brought <0935> (8686) a man <0376> unto me, and said <0559> (8799), Keep <08104> (8798) this man <0376>: if by any means <06485> (8736) he be missing <06485> (8735) , then shall thy life <05315> be for his life <05315>, or else thou shalt pay <08254> (8799) a talent <03603> of silver <03701> .
40 And as thy servant <05650> was busy <06213> (8802) here and there, he was gone <0369>. And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto him, So shall thy judgment <04941> be; thyself hast decided <02782> (8804) it.
41 And he hasted <04116> (8762), and took the ashes <0666> away <05493> (8686) from his face <05869> ; and the king <04428> of Israel <03478> discerned <05234> (8686) him that he was of the prophets <05030>.
42 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Because thou hast let go <07971> (8765) out of thy hand <03027> a man <0376> whom I appointed to utter destruction <02764>, therefore thy life <05315> shall go for his life <05315>, and thy people <05971> for his people <05971>.
43 And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went <03212> (8799) to his house <01004> heavy <05620> and displeased <02198>, and came <0935> (8799) to Samaria <08111>.