ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 20
1. And Ben-hadad[H1130] the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] gathered[H6908] all his host[H2428] together[H6908]; and there were thirty[H7970] and two[H8147] kings[H4428] with him[H5483], and horses and chariots[H7393]: and he went up[H5927] and besieged[H6696] Samaria[H8111], and fought against it[H3898].
2. And he sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], into the city[H5892], and said[H559] unto him[H559], Thus saith Ben-hadad[H1130],
3. Thy silver[H3701] and thy gold[H2091] is mine[H802]; thy wives also and thy children[H1121], even the goodliest[H2896], are mine.
4. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] answered[H6030] and said[H559], It is according to thy saying[H1697], my lord[H113], O king[H4428]; I am thine, and all that I have.
5. And the messengers[H4397] came again[H7725], and said[H559], Thus speaketh[H559] Ben-hadad[H1130], saying[H559], I sent[H7971] indeed unto thee[H559], saying, Thou shalt deliver[H5414] me thy silver[H3701], and thy gold[H2091], and thy wives[H802], and thy children[H1121];
6. but I will send[H7971] my servants[H5650] unto thee to-morrow[H4279] about this time[H6256], and they shall search[H2664] thy house[H1004], and the houses[H1004] of thy servants[H5650]; and it shall be[H1961], that whatsoever is pleasant[H4261] in thine eyes[H5869], they shall put[H7760] it in their hand[H3027], and take it away[H3947].
7. Then the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] called[H7121] all the elders[H2205] of the land[H776], and said[H559], Mark[H3045], I pray you[H7200], and see how this man seeketh[H1245] mischief[H7451]: for he sent[H7971] unto me for my wives[H802], and for my children[H1121], and for my silver[H3701], and for my gold[H2091]; and I denied him not[H4513].
8. And all the elders[H2205] and all the people[H5971] said[H559] unto him[H8085], Hearken thou not[H14], neither consent.
9. Wherefore he said[H559] unto the messengers[H4397] of Ben-hadad[H1130], Tell[H559] my lord[H113] the king[H4428], All that thou didst send[H7971] for to thy servant[H5650] at the first[H7223] I will do[H6213]; but this thing[H1697] I may[H3201] not do[H6213]. And the messengers[H4397] departed[H3212], and brought[H7725] him word[H1697] again[H7725].
10. And Ben-hadad[H1130] sent[H7971] unto him[H559], and said, The gods[H430] do so[H6213] unto me[H3254], and more also, if the dust[H6083] of Samaria[H8111] shall suffice[H5606] for handfuls[H8168] for all the people[H5971] that follow me[H7272].
11. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Tell[H1696] him[H2296], Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast[H1984] himself as he that putteth it off[H6605].
12. And it came to pass[H8085], when Ben-hadad heard this message[H1697], as he was drinking[H8354], he and the kings[H4428], in the pavilions[H5521], that he said[H559] unto his servants[H5650], Set[H7760] yourselves in array[H7760]. And they set themselves in array against the city[H5892].
13. And[H259], behold, a prophet[H5030] came[H5066] near unto Ahab[H256] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], and said[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Hast thou seen[H7200] all this great[H1419] multitude[H1995]? behold[H5414], I will deliver it into thy hand[H3027] this day[H3117]; and thou shalt know[H3045] that I am Jehovah[H3068].
14. And Ahab[H256] said[H559], By whom[H559]? And he said, Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], By the young men[H5288] of the princes[H8269] of the provinces[H4082]. Then he said[H559], Who shall begin[H631] the battle[H4421]? And he answered[H559], Thou.
15. Then he mustered[H6485] the young men[H5288] of the princes[H8269] of the provinces[H4082], and they were two[H8147] hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970] - two[H8147]: and after[H310] them he mustered[H6485] all the people[H5971], even all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], being seven[H7651] thousand[H505].
16. And they went out[H3318] at noon[H6672]. But Ben-hadad[H1130] was drinking[H8354] himself drunk[H7910] in the pavilions[H5521], he and the kings[H4428], the thirty[H7970] and two[H8147] kings[H4428] that helped him[H5826].
17. And the young men[H5288] of the princes[H8269] of the provinces[H4082] went out[H3318] first[H7223]; and Ben-hadad[H1130] sent out[H7971], and they told[H5046] him[H559], saying, There are men[H582] come out[H3318] from Samaria[H8111].
18. And he said[H559], Whether they are come out[H3318] for peace[H7965], take[H8610] them alive[H2416], or whether they are come out[H3318] for war[H4421], take[H8610] them alive[H2416].
19. So these went out[H3318] of the city[H5892], the young men[H5288] of the princes[H8269] of the provinces[H4082], and the army[H2428] which followed them[H310].
20. And they slew[H5221] every one[H376] his man[H376]; and the Syrians[H758] fled[H5127], and Israel[H3478] pursued[H7291] them[H1130]: and Ben-hadad the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] escaped[H4422] on a horse[H5483] with horsemen[H6571].
21. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] went out[H3318], and smote[H5221] the horses[H5483] and chariots[H7393], and slew[H5221] the Syrians[H758] with a great[H1419] slaughter[H4347].
22. And the prophet[H5030] came[H5066] near to the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], and said[H559] unto him[H3212], Go, strengthen[H2388] thyself[H3045], and mark, and see[H7200] what thou doest[H6213]; for at the return[H8666] of the year[H8141] the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] will come up against thee[H5927].
23. And the servants[H5650] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758] said[H559] unto him[H430], Their god is a god[H430] of the hills[H2022]; therefore they were stronger[H2388] than we[H199]: but let us fight[H3898] against them in the plain[H4334], and surely[H3808] we shall be stronger than they[H2388].
24. And do[H6213] this thing[H1697]: take[H5493] the kings[H4428] away[H376], every man out of his place[H4725], and put[H7760] captains in their room[H6346];
25. and number[H4487] thee an army[H2428], like the army[H2428] that thou hast lost[H5307], horse[H5483] for horse[H5483], and chariot[H7393] for chariot[H7393]; and we will fight[H3898] against[H854] them in the plain[H4334], and surely we shall be stronger[H2388] than they[H8085]. And he hearkened unto their voice[H6963], and did so[H6213].
26. And it came to pass at the return[H8666] of the year[H8141], that Ben-hadad[H1130] mustered[H6485] the Syrians[H758], and went up[H5927] to Aphek[H663], to fight[H4421] against Israel[H3478].
27. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were mustered[H6485], and were victualled[H3557], and went[H3212] against[H7125] them[H1121]: and the children of Israel[H3478] encamped[H2583] before them like two[H8147] little flocks[H2835] of kids[H5795]; but the Syrians[H758] filled[H4390] the country[H776].
28. And a man[H376] of God[H430] came[H5066] near and spake[H559] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], and said[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Because the Syrians[H758] have said[H559], Jehovah[H3068] is a god[H430] of the hills[H2022], but he is not a god[H430] of the valleys[H6010]; therefore will I deliver[H5414] all this great[H1419] multitude[H1995] into thy hand[H3027], and ye shall know[H3045] that I am Jehovah[H3068].
29. And they encamped[H2583] one[H428] over against[H5227] the other[H428] seven[H7651] days[H3117]. And so it was[H7637], that in the seventh day[H3117] the battle[H4421] was joined[H7126]; and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] slew[H5221] of the Syrians[H758] a hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] footmen[H7273] in one[H259] day[H3117].
30. But the rest[H3498] fled[H5127] to Aphek[H663], into the city[H5892]; and the wall[H2346] fell[H5307] upon twenty[H6242] and seven[H7651] thousand[H505] men[H376] that were left[H3498]. And Ben-hadad[H1130] fled[H5127], and came[H935] into the city[H5892], into an inner[H2315] chamber[H2315].
31. And his servants[H5650] said[H559] unto him[H8085], Behold now, we have heard that the kings[H4428] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] are merciful[H2617] kings[H4428]: let us[H7760], we pray thee, put sackcloth[H8242] on our loins[H4975], and ropes[H2256] upon our heads[H7218], and go out[H3318] to the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]: peradventure he will save[H2421] thy life[H5315].
32. So they girded[H2296] sackcloth[H8242] on their loins[H4975], and put ropes[H2256] on their heads[H7218], and came[H935] to the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], and said[H559], Thy servant[H5650] Ben-hadad[H1130] saith[H559], I pray thee[H2421], let me live. And he said[H559], Is he yet alive[H2416]? he is my brother[H251].
33. Now the men[H582] observed[H5172] diligently[H4116], and hasted to catch[H2480] whether it were his mind[H559]; and they said, Thy brother[H251] Ben-hadad[H1130]. Then he said[H559], Go[H935] ye[H3947], bring him[H1130]. Then Ben-hadad came forth[H3318] to him[H5927]; and he caused him to come up into the chariot[H4818].
34. And Ben-hadad[H559] said unto him[H5892], The cities which my father[H1] took[H3947] from thy father[H1] I will restore[H7725]; and thou shalt make[H7760] streets[H2351] for thee in Damascus[H1834], as my father[H1] made[H7760] in Samaria[H8111]. And I[H7971], said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant[H1285]. So he made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with him[H7971], and let him go.
35. And a certain[H259] man[H376] of the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030] said[H559] unto his fellow[H7453] by the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], Smite[H5221] me[H376], I pray thee. And the man refused[H3985] to smite him[H5221].
36. Then said[H559] he unto him[H8085], Because thou hast not obeyed the voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068], behold[H1980], as soon as thou art departed from me[H738], a lion shall slay thee[H3212]. And as soon as he was departed from him[H681], a lion[H738] found[H4672] him[H681], and slew him[H681].
37. Then he found[H4672] another[H312] man[H376], and said[H559], Smite[H5221] me[H376], I pray thee. And the man smote[H5221] him[H5221], smiting and wounding him[H6481].
38. So the prophet[H5030] departed[H3212], and waited[H5975] for the king[H4428] by the way[H1870], and disguised[H2664] himself with his headband[H666] over his eyes[H5869].
39. And as the king[H4428] passed by[H5674], he cried[H6817] unto the king[H4428]; and he said[H559], Thy servant[H5650] went out[H3318] into the midst[H7130] of the battle[H4421]; and[H376], behold, a man turned aside[H5493], and brought[H935] a man[H376] unto me[H559], and said, Keep[H8104] this man[H376]: if by any means[H6485] he be missing[H6485], then shall thy life[H5315] be for his life[H5315], or else thou shalt pay[H8254] a talent[H3603] of silver[H3701].
40. And as thy servant[H5650] was busy[H6213] here and there[H369], he was gone. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] said[H559] unto him[H4941], So shall thy judgment be[H2782]; thyself hast decided it.
41. And he hasted[H4116], and took the headband[H666] away[H5493] from his eyes[H5869]; and the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] discerned[H5234] him that he was of the prophets[H5030].
42. And he said[H559] unto him[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], Because thou hast let go[H7971] out of thy hand[H3027] the man[H376] whom I had devoted to destruction[H2764], therefore thy life[H5315] shall go for his life[H5315], and thy people[H5971] for his people[H5971].
43. And the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] went[H3212] to his house[H1004] heavy[H5620] and displeased[H2198], and came[H935] to Samaria[H8111].
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