1 And Benhadad 1130 the king 4428 of Syria 758 gathered 6908 0 all his host 2428 together 6908: and there were thirty 7970 and two 8147 kings 4428 with him, and horses 5483, and chariots 7393: and he went up 5927 and besieged 6696 Samaria 8111, and warred 3898 against it.
2 And he sent 7971 messengers 4397 to Ahab 256 king 4428 of Israel 3478 into the city 5892, and said 559 unto him, Thus saith 559 Benhadad 1130,
3 Thy silver 3701 and thy gold 2091 is mine; thy wives 802 also and thy children 1121, even the goodliest 2896, are mine.
4 And the king 4428 of Israel 3478 answered 6030 and said 559, My lord 113, O king 4428, according to thy saying 1697, I am thine, and all that I have.
5 And the messengers 4397 came again 7725, and said 559, Thus speaketh 559 Benhadad 1130, saying 559, Although I have sent 7971 unto thee, saying 559, Thou shalt deliver 5414 me thy silver 3701, and thy gold 2091, and thy wives 802, and thy children 1121;
6 Yet I will send 7971 my servants 5650 unto thee to morrow 4279 about this time 6256, and they shall search 2664 thine house 1004, and the houses 1004 of thy servants 5650; and it shall be 1961, that whatsoever is pleasant 4261 in thine eyes 5869, they shall put 7760 it in their hand 3027, and take it away 3947.
7 Then the king 4428 of Israel 3478 called 7121 all the elders 2205 of the land 776, and said 559, Mark 3045, I pray you, and see 7200 how this man seeketh 1245 mischief 7451: for he sent 7971 unto me for my wives 802, and for my children 1121, and for my silver 3701, and for my gold 2091; and I denied 4513 him not.
8 And all the elders 2205 and all the people 5971 said 559 unto him, Hearken 8085 not unto him, nor consent 14.
9 Wherefore he said 559 unto the messengers 4397 of Benhadad 1130, Tell 559 my lord 113 the king 4428, All that thou didst send 7971 for to thy servant 5650 at the first 7223 I will do 6213: but this thing 1697 I may 3201 not do 6213. And the messengers 4397 departed 3212, and brought 7725 0 him word 1697 again 7725.
10 And Benhadad 1130 sent 7971 unto him, and said 559, The gods 430 do so 6213 unto me, and more also 3254, if the dust 6083 of Samaria 8111 shall suffice 5606 for handfuls 8168 for all the people 5971 that follow 7272 me.
11 And the king 4428 of Israel 3478 answered 6030 and said 559, Tell 1696 him, Let not him that girdeth 2296 on his harness boast 1984 himself as he that putteth it off 6605.
12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard 8085 this message 1697, as he was drinking 8354, he and the kings 4428 in the pavilions 5521, that he said 559 unto his servants 5650, Set 7760 yourselves in array. And they set 7760 themselves in array against the city 5892.
13 And, behold, there came 5066 a 259 prophet 5030 unto Ahab 256 king 4428 of Israel 3478, saying 559, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Hast thou seen 7200 all this great 1419 multitude 1995? behold, I will deliver 5414 it into thine hand 3027 this day 3117; and thou shalt know 3045 that I am the LORD 3068.
14 And Ahab 256 said 559, By whom? And he said 559, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Even by the young men 5288 of the princes 8269 of the provinces 4082. Then he said 559, Who shall order 631 the battle 4421? And he answered 559, Thou.
15 Then he numbered 6485 the young men 5288 of the princes 8269 of the provinces 4082, and they were two 8147 hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 two 8147: and after 310 them he numbered 6485 all the people 5971, even all the children 1121 of Israel 3478, being seven 7651 thousand 505.
16 And they went out 3318 at noon 6672. But Benhadad 1130 was drinking 8354 himself drunk 7910 in the pavilions 5521, he and the kings 4428, the thirty 7970 and two 8147 kings 4428 that helped 5826 him.
17 And the young men 5288 of the princes 8269 of the provinces 4082 went out 3318 first 7223; and Benhadad 1130 sent out 7971, and they told 5046 him, saying 559, There are men 582 come out 3318 of Samaria 8111.
18 And he said 559, Whether they be come out 3318 for peace 7965, take 8610 them alive 2416; or whether they be come out 3318 for war 4421, take 8610 them alive 2416.
19 So these young men 5288 of the princes 8269 of the provinces 4082 came out 3318 of the city 5892, and the army 2428 which followed 310 them.
20 And they slew 5221 every one 376 his man 376: and the Syrians 758 fled 5127; and Israel 3478 pursued 7291 them: and Benhadad 1130 the king 4428 of Syria 758 escaped 4422 on an horse 5483 with the horsemen 6571.
21 And the king 4428 of Israel 3478 went out 3318, and smote 5221 the horses 5483 and chariots 7393, and slew 5221 the Syrians 758 with a great 1419 slaughter 4347.
22 And the prophet 5030 came 5066 to the king 4428 of Israel 3478, and said 559 unto him, Go 3212, strengthen 2388 thyself, and mark 3045, and see 7200 what thou doest 6213: for at the return 8666 of the year 8141 the king 4428 of Syria 758 will come up 5927 against thee.
23 And the servants 5650 of the king 4428 of Syria 758 said 559 unto him, Their gods 430 are gods 430 of the hills 2022; therefore they were stronger 2388 than we; but 199 let us fight 3898 against them in the plain 4334, and surely 3808 we shall be stronger 2388 than they.
24 And do 6213 this thing 1697, Take 5493 the kings 4428 away, every man 376 out of his place 4725, and put 7760 captains 6346 in their rooms:
25 And number 4487 thee an army 2428, like the army 2428 that thou hast lost 5307, horse 5483 for horse 5483, and chariot 7393 for chariot 7393: and we will fight 3898 against 854 them in the plain 4334, and surely we shall be stronger 2388 than they. And he hearkened 8085 unto their voice 6963, and did so 6213.
26 And it came to pass at the return 8666 of the year 8141, that Benhadad 1130 numbered 6485 the Syrians 758, and went up 5927 to Aphek 663, to fight 4421 against Israel 3478.
27 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 were numbered 6485, and were all present 3557, and went 3212 against 7125 them: and the children 1121 of Israel 3478 pitched 2583 before them like two 8147 little flocks 2835 of kids 5795; but the Syrians 758 filled 4390 the country 776.
28 And there came 5066 a man 376 of God 430, and spake 559 unto the king 4428 of Israel 3478, and said 559, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Because the Syrians 758 have said 559, The LORD 3068 is God 430 of the hills 2022, but he is not God 430 of the valleys 6010, therefore will I deliver 5414 all this great 1419 multitude 1995 into thine hand 3027, and ye shall know 3045 that I am the LORD 3068.
29 And they pitched 2583 one 428 over against 5227 the other 428 seven 7651 days 3117. And so it was, that in the seventh 7637 day 3117 the battle 4421 was joined 7126: and the children 1121 of Israel 3478 slew 5221 of the Syrians 758 an hundred 3967 thousand 505 footmen 7273 in one 259 day 3117.
30 But the rest 3498 fled 5127 to Aphek 663, into the city 5892; and there a wall 2346 fell 5307 upon twenty 6242 and seven 7651 thousand 505 of the men 376 that were left 3498. And Benhadad 1130 fled 5127, and came 935 into the city 5892, into an inner 2315 chamber 2315.
31 And his servants 5650 said 559 unto him, Behold now, we have heard 8085 that the kings 4428 of the house 1004 of Israel 3478 are merciful 2617 kings 4428: let us, I pray thee, put 7760 sackcloth 8242 on our loins 4975, and ropes 2256 upon our heads 7218, and go out 3318 to the king 4428 of Israel 3478: peradventure he will save 2421 thy life 5315.
32 So they girded 2296 sackcloth 8242 on their loins 4975, and put ropes 2256 on their heads 7218, and came 935 to the king 4428 of Israel 3478, and said 559, Thy servant 5650 Benhadad 1130 saith 559, I pray thee, let me live 2421 5315. And he said 559, Is he yet alive 2416? he is my brother 251.
33 Now the men 582 did diligently observe 5172 whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily 4116 catch 2480 it: and they said 559, Thy brother 251 Benhadad 1130. Then he said 559, Go 935 ye, bring 3947 him. Then Benhadad 1130 came forth 3318 to him; and he caused him to come up 5927 into the chariot 4818.
34 And Benhadad said 559 unto him, The cities 5892, which my father 1 took 3947 from thy father 1, I will restore 7725; and thou shalt make 7760 streets 2351 for thee in Damascus 1834, as my father 1 made 7760 in Samaria 8111. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away 7971 with this covenant 1285. So he made 3772 a covenant 1285 with him, and sent him away 7971.
35 And a certain 259 man 376 of the sons 1121 of the prophets 5030 said 559 unto his neighbour 7453 in the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, Smite 5221 me, I pray thee. And the man 376 refused 3985 to smite 5221 him.
36 Then said 559 he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed 8085 the voice 6963 of the LORD 3068, behold, as soon as thou art departed 1980 from me, a lion 738 shall slay 5221 thee. And as soon as he was departed 3212 from him 681, a lion 738 found 4672 him, and slew 5221 him.
37 Then he found 4672 another 312 man 376, and said 559, Smite 5221 me, I pray thee. And the man 376 smote 5221 him, so that in smiting 5221 he wounded 6481 him.
38 So the prophet 5030 departed 3212, and waited 5975 for the king 4428 by the way 1870, and disguised 2664 himself with ashes 666 upon his face 5869.
39 And as the king 4428 passed by 5674, he cried 6817 unto the king 4428: and he said 559, Thy servant 5650 went out 3318 into the midst 7130 of the battle 4421; and, behold, a man 376 turned aside 5493, and brought 935 a man 376 unto me, and said 559, Keep 8104 this man 376: if by any means 6485 he be missing 6485, then shall thy life 5315 be for his life 5315, or else thou shalt pay 8254 a talent 3603 of silver 3701.
40 And as thy servant 5650 was busy 6213 here and there, he was gone 369. And the king 4428 of Israel 3478 said 559 unto him, So shall thy judgment 4941 be; thyself hast decided 2782 it.
41 And he hasted 4116, and took the ashes 666 away 5493 from his face 5869; and the king 4428 of Israel 3478 discerned 5234 him that he was of the prophets 5030.
42 And he said 559 unto him, Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Because thou hast let go 7971 out of thy hand 3027 a man 376 whom I appointed to utter destruction 2764, therefore thy life 5315 shall go for his life 5315, and thy people 5971 for his people 5971.
43 And the king 4428 of Israel 3478 went 3212 to his house 1004 heavy 5620 and displeased 2198, and came 935 to Samaria 8111.