<vn='1'>And <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s> gathered all his host <sn="6908 *853 3605 2428">together</s>: and there were <sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="4428">kings</s><sn="854">with</s> him, and <sn="5483">horses</s>, and <sn="7393">chariots</s>: and he went <sn="5927">up</s> and <sn="6696 5921">besieged</s><sn="8111">Samaria</s>, and <sn="3898">warred</s> against it. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad, </v>
<vn='3'>Thy <sn="3701">silver</s> and thy <sn="2091">gold</s> is mine; thy <sn="802">wives</s> also and thy <sn="1121">children</s>, even the <sn="2896">goodliest</s>, are mine. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, My <sn="113">lord</s>, O <sn="4428">king</s>, according to thy <sn="1697">saying</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am thine, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I have. </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="4397">messengers</s> came <sn="7725">again</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">speaketh</s><sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3588">Although</s> I have <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, Thou shalt <sn="5414">deliver</s> me thy <sn="3701">silver</s>, and thy <sn="2091">gold</s>, and thy <sn="802">wives</s>, and thy <sn="1121">children</s>; </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">Yet</s> I will <sn="7971">send</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee <sn="4279">tomorrow</s><sn="518">about</s> this <sn="6256">time</s>, and they shall <sn="2664">search</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="1004">house</s>, and the <sn="1004">houses</s> of thy <sn="5650">servants</s>; and it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that <sn="3605">whatsoever</s> is <sn="4261">pleasant</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, they shall <sn="7760">put</s> it in their <sn="3027">hand</s>, and take it <sn="3947">away</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3045">Mark</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="3588">how</s><sn="2088">this</s> man <sn="1245">seeketh</s><sn="7451">mischief</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> me for my <sn="802">wives</s>, and for my <sn="1121">children</s>, and for my <sn="3701">silver</s>, and for my <sn="2091">gold</s>; and I <sn="4513 4480">denied</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2205">elders</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="408">not</s> unto him, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="14">consent</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Wherefore he <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad, <sn="559">Tell</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="3605">All</s><sn="834">that</s> thou didst <sn="7971">send</s> for <sn="413">to</s> thy <sn="5650">servant</s> at the <sn="7223">first</s> I will <sn="6213">do</s>: but <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s> I <sn="3201">may</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">do</s>. And the <sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="7725">brought</s> him <sn="1697">word</s> again. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="430">gods</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="3541">so</s> unto me, and <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3541">also</s>, <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="6083">dust</s> of <sn="8111">Samaria</s> shall <sn="5606">suffice</s> for <sn="8168">handfuls</s> for <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="7272">follow</s> me. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1696">Tell</s> him, Let <sn="408">not</s> him that <sn="2296">girdeth</s> on his harness boast <sn="1984">himself</s> as he that putteth it <sn="6605">off</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when Ben-hadad <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">message</s>, as <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="8354">drinking</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and the <sn="4428">kings</s> in the <sn="5521">pavilions</s>, that he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s>, <sn="7760">Set</s> yourselves in array. And they <sn="7760">set</s> themselves in array <sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there <sn="5066">came</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Hast thou <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="1995">multitude</s>? <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">deliver</s> it into thine <sn="3027">hand</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>; and thou shalt <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="559">said</s>, By <sn="4310">whom</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Even by the young <sn="5288">men</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4082">provinces</s>. Then he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> shall <sn="631">order</s> the <sn="4421">battle</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Then he <sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="*853"></s> the young <sn="5288">men</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4082">provinces</s>, and they <sn="1961">were</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="8147">two</s>: and <sn="310">after</s> them he <sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, even <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, being <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And they went <sn="3318">out</s> at <sn="6672">noon</s>. But <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad was <sn="8354">drinking</s> himself <sn="7910">drunk</s> in the <sn="5521">pavilions</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and the <sn="4428">kings</s>, the <sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="4428">kings</s> that <sn="5826">helped</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>And the young <sn="5288">men</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4082">provinces</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="7223">first</s>; and <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad sent <sn="7971">out</s>, and they <sn="5046">told</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, There are <sn="376">men</s> come <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 8111">Samaria</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="518">Whether</s> they be come <sn="3318">out</s> for <sn="7965">peace</s>, <sn="8610">take</s> them <sn="2416">alive</s>; or <sn="518">whether</s> they be come <sn="3318">out</s> for <sn="4421">war</s>, <sn="8610">take</s> them <sn="2416">alive</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>So <sn="428">these</s> young <sn="5288">men</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4082">provinces</s> came <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and the <sn="2428">army</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="310">followed</s> them. </v>
<vn='20'>And they <sn="5221">slew</s> every <sn="376">one</s> his <sn="376">man</s>: and the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="5127">fled</s>; and <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="7291">pursued</s> them: and <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s><sn="4422">escaped</s><sn="5921">on</s> a <sn="5483">horse</s> with the <sn="6571">horsemen</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> went <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5483">horses</s> and <sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="5221">slew</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="5066">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="1980">Go</s>, strengthen <sn="2388">thyself</s>, and <sn="3045">mark</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s> thou <sn="6213">doest</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> at the <sn="8666">return</s> of the <sn="8141">year</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s> will come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="5650">servants</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Their <sn="430">gods</s> are <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="2022">hills</s>; <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> they were <sn="2388">stronger</s><sn="4480">than</s> we; <sn="199">but</s> let us <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="854">against</s> them in the <sn="4334">plain</s>, and <sn="518">surely</s>, we shall be <sn="3808 2388">stronger</s><sn="4480">than</s> they. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="6213">do</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>, Take the kings <sn="5493 4428">away</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> out of his <sn="4480 4725">place</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="6346">captains</s> in their <sn="8478">rooms</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="859 4487">number</s> thee an <sn="2428">army</s>, like the <sn="2428">army</s> that thou hast <sn="5307 4480 *853">lost</s>, <sn="5483">horse</s> for <sn="5483">horse</s>, and <sn="7393">chariot</s> for <sn="7393">chariot</s>: and we will fight <sn="3898">against</s> them in the <sn="4334">plain</s>, and <sn="518 3808">surely</s> we shall be <sn="2388">stronger</s><sn="4480">than</s> they. And he <sn="8085">hearkened</s> unto their <sn="6963">voice</s>, and <sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the <sn="8666">return</s> of the <sn="8141">year</s>, that <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad <sn="6485">numbered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s>, and went <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="663">Aphek</s>, to <sn="4421">fight</s><sn="5973">against</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were <sn="6485">numbered</s>, and were all <sn="3557">present</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="7121">against</s> them: and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2583">pitched</s><sn="5048">before</s> them like <sn="8147">two</s> little <sn="2835">flocks</s> of <sn="5795">kids</s>; but the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="4390">filled</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And there <sn="5066">came</s> a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="559">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3282 834">Because</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> have <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="430">God</s> of the <sn="2022">hills</s>, but <sn="1931">he</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="430">God</s> of the <sn="6010">valleys</s>, therefore will I <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="1995">multitude</s> into thine <sn="3027">hand</s>, and ye shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And they <sn="2583">pitched</s><sn="428">one</s> over <sn="5227">against</s> the <sn="428">other</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>. And so it <sn="1961">was</s>, that in the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="3117">day</s> the <sn="4421">battle</s> was <sn="7126">joined</s>: and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5221">slew</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7273">footmen</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>But the <sn="3498">rest</s><sn="5127">fled</s> to <sn="663">Aphek</s>, <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>; and there a <sn="2346">wall</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> that were <sn="3498">left</s>. And <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad <sn="5127">fled</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, into an inner <sn="2315 2315">chamber</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="2009">Behold</s><sn="4994">now</s>, we have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> are <sn="2617">merciful</s><sn="4428">kings</s>: let us, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="7760">put</s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s> on our <sn="4975">loins</s>, and <sn="2256">ropes</s> upon our <sn="7218">heads</s>, and go <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="194">peradventure</s> he will <sn="2421">save</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>So they <sn="2296">girded</s><sn="8242">sackcloth</s> on their <sn="4975">loins</s>, and put <sn="2256">ropes</s> on their <sn="7218">heads</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad <sn="559">saith</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, let <sn="5315">me</s><sn="2421">live</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, Is he <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="2416">alive</s>? <sn="1931">he</s> is my <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>Now the <sn="376">men</s> did diligently <sn="5172">observe</s> whether any thing would come <sn="4480">from</s> him, and did <sn="4116">hastily</s><sn="2480">catch</s> it: and they <sn="559">said</s>, Thy <sn="251">brother</s><sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad. Then he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="935">Go</s> ye, <sn="3947">bring</s> him. Then <sn="1130">Ben</s> -hadad came <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">to</s> him; and he caused him to come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="4818">chariot</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>And Ben-hadad <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, The <sn="5892">cities</s>, <sn="834">which</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> thy <sn="1">father</s>, I will <sn="7725">restore</s>; and thou shalt <sn="7760">make</s><sn="2351">streets</s> for thee in <sn="1834">Damascus</s>, <sn="834">as</s> my <sn="1">father</s><sn="7760">made</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. Then said Ahab, <sn="589">I</s> will send thee <sn="7971">away</s> with this <sn="1285">covenant</s>. So he <sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s> with him, and sent him <sn="7971">away</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And a <sn="259">certain</s><sn="376">man</s> of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of the <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> in the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5221">Smite</s> me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>. And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="5221">smite</s> him. </v>
<vn='36'>Then <sn="559">said</s> he unto him, <sn="3282 834">Because</s> thou hast <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">obeyed</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, as soon as thou art <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 *853">from</s> me, a <sn="738">lion</s> shall <sn="5221">slay</s> thee. And as soon as he was <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 681">from</s> him, a <sn="738">lion</s><sn="4672">found</s> him, and <sn="5221">slew</s> him. </v>
<vn='37'>Then he <sn="4672">found</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="5221">Smite</s> me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>. And the <sn="376">man</s><sn="5221">smote</s> him, so that in <sn="5221">smiting</s> he <sn="6481">wounded</s> him. </v>
<vn='38'>So the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1980">departed</s>, and <sn="5975">waited</s> for the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>, and disguised <sn="2664">himself</s> with <sn="666">ashes</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="5869">face</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>And <sn="1961">as</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> passed <sn="5674">by</s>, <sn="1931">he</s><sn="6817">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: and he <sn="559">said</s>, Thy <sn="5650">servant</s> went <sn="3318">out</s> into the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="4421">battle</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, a <sn="376">man</s> turned <sn="5493">aside</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="8104">Keep</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s>: <sn="518">if</s> by any means he be <sn="6485 6485">missing</s>, then shall thy <sn="5315">life</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="8478">for</s> his <sn="5315">life</s>, <sn="176">or</s> else thou shalt <sn="8254">pay</s> a <sn="3603">talent</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And as thy <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="6213">busy</s><sn="2008">here</s> and <sn="2008">there</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="369">gone</s>. And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3651">So</s> shall thy <sn="4941">judgment</s> be; <sn="859">thyself</s> hast <sn="2782">decided</s> it. </v>
<vn='41'>And he <sn="4116">hasted</s>, and <sn="5493">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="666">ashes</s> away <sn="4480 5921">from</s> his <sn="5869">face</s>; and the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5234">discerned</s> him <sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">he</s> was of the <sn="4480 5030">prophets</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3282">Because</s> thou hast let <sn="7971">go</s> out of thy <sn="4480 3027">hand</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="376">man</s> whom I appointed to utter <sn="2764">destruction</s>, therefore thy <sn="5315">life</s> shall <sn="1961">go</s><sn="8478">for</s> his <sn="5315">life</s>, and thy <sn="5971">people</s><sn="8478">for</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="5921">to</s> his <sn="1004">house</s><sn="5620">heavy</s> and <sn="2198">displeased</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. </v>