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1 Kings 20:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria and besieged and attacked it.
2 He sent messengers to King Ahab of Israel, who was in the city.
3 He said to him, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.'"
4 The king of Israel replied, "It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you."
5 The messengers came again and said, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'I sent this message to you, "You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons."
6 But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants' houses. They will carry away all your valuables."
7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders of the land and said, "Notice how this man is looking for trouble. Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him."
8 All the leaders and people said to him, "Do not give in or agree to his demands."
9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, "Say this to my master, the king, 'I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.'" So the messengers went back and gave their report.
10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, "May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands."
11 The king of Israel replied, "Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off."
12 When Ben Hadad received this reply, he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. He ordered his servants, "Get ready to attack!" So they got ready to attack the city.
13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, "This is what the LORD says, 'Do you see this huge army? Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"
14 Ahab asked, "By whom will this be accomplished?" He answered, "This is what the LORD says, 'By the servants of the district governors.'" Ahab asked, "Who will launch the attack?" He answered, "You will."
15 So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.
16 They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily in their quarters.
17 The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, "Men are marching out of Samaria."
18 He ordered, "Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive."
19 They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them.
20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.
21 Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.
22 The prophet visited the king of Israel and instructed him, "Go, fortify your defenses. Determine what you must do, for in the spring the king of Syria will attack you."
23 Now the advisers of the king of Syria said to him: "Their God is a god of the mountains. That's why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.
24 So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders.
25 Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them." He approved their plan and did as they advised.
26 In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.
27 When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.
28 The prophet visited the king of Israel and said, "This is what the LORD says: 'Because the Syrians said, "The LORD is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys," I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'"
29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.
30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
31 His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives."
32 So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, "Your servant Ben Hadad says, 'Please let me live!'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."
33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, "Ben Hadad is your brother." Ahab then said, "Go, get him." So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.
34 Ben Hadad said, "I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria." Ahab then said, "I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you." So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.
35 One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, "Wound me!" But the man refused to wound him.
36 So the prophet said to him, "Because you have disobeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you." When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.
37 He found another man and said, "Wound me!" So the man wounded him severely.
38 The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes.
39 When the king passed by, he called out to the king, "Your servant went out into the heat of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. He told me, 'Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, you will pay with your life or with a talent of silver.'
40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared." The king of Israel said to him, "Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony."
41 The prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets.
42 The prophet then said to him, "This is what the LORD says, 'Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.'"
43 The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry.
1 And Ben H1130 - hadad the king H4428 NMS of Syria H758 EMS gathered all his host together H6908 : and there were thirty H7970 W-MMP and two H8147 kings H4428 NMS with H854 PREP-3MS him , and horses H5483 , and chariots H7393 : and he went up H5927 W-VHY3MS and besieged H6696 Samaria H8111 , and warred H3898 against it .
2 And he sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 to H413 PREP Ahab H256 king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 into the city H5892 , and said H559 unto him , Thus H3541 saith H559 Ben H1130 - hadad ,
3 Thy silver H3701 and thy gold H2091 is mine ; thy wives H802 also and thy children H1121 W-CMP-2MS , even the goodliest H2896 , are mine .
4 And the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS and said H559 W-VQY3MS , My lord H113 , O king H4428 NMS , according to thy saying H1697 , I H589 PPRO-1MS am thine , and all H3605 W-CMS that H834 RPRO I have .
5 And the messengers H4397 came again H7725 W-VUY3MP , and said H559 W-VQY3MP , Thus H3541 speaketh H559 VQQ3MS Ben H1130 - hadad , saying H559 L-VQFC , Although H3588 CONJ I have sent H7971 unto H413 PREP-2MS thee , saying H559 L-VQFC , Thou shalt deliver H5414 me thy silver H3701 , and thy gold H2091 , and thy wives H802 , and thy children H1121 W-CMP-2MS ;
6 Yet H3588 CONJ I will send H7971 my servants H5650 unto H413 PREP-2MS thee tomorrow H4279 NMS about H518 PART this time H6256 KD-NMS , and they shall search H2664 thine house H1004 CMS-2MS , and the houses H1004 of thy servants H5650 ; and it shall be H1961 W-VQQ3MS , that whatsoever H3605 NMS is pleasant H4261 in thine eyes H5869 CMD-2MS , they shall put H7760 VQY3MP it in their hand H3027 B-CFS-3MP , and take it away H3947 .
7 Then the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 called H7121 W-VQY3MS all H3605 L-CMS the elders H2205 of the land H776 D-GFS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Mark H3045 , I pray you H4994 IJEC , and see H7200 how H3588 CONJ this H2088 DPRO man seeketh H1245 mischief H7451 AFS : for H3588 CONJ he sent H7971 VQQ3MS unto H413 PREP-1MS me for my wives H802 , and for my children H1121 , and for my silver H3701 , and for my gold H2091 ; and I denied H4513 him not H3808 W-NPAR .
8 And all H3605 NMS the elders H2205 and all H3605 NMS the people H5971 said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Hearken H8085 not H408 NPAR unto him , nor H3808 consent H14 .
9 Wherefore he said H559 W-VQY3MS unto the messengers H4397 of Ben H1130 - hadad , Tell H559 W-VQY3MS my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS , All H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO thou didst send H7971 for to H413 PREP thy servant H5650 at the first H7223 I will do H6213 : but this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 I may H3201 not H3808 NADV do H6213 L-VQFC . And the messengers H4397 departed H1980 W-VQY3MP , and brought H7725 him word H1697 again .
10 And Ben H1130 - hadad sent H7971 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , The gods H430 EDP do H6213 so H3541 unto me , and more H3254 also H3541 , if H518 PART the dust H6083 CMS of Samaria H8111 shall suffice H5606 VQY3MS for handfuls H8168 for all H3605 L-CMS the people H5971 that H834 RPRO follow H7272 me .
11 And the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 answered H6030 W-VQY3MS and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Tell H1696 him , Let not H408 NPAR him that girdeth H2296 on his harness boast himself H1984 as he that putteth it off H6605 .
12 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , when H8085 Ben H853 - hadad H853 heard H853 this H2088 D-PMS message H1697 D-NMS , as he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS was drinking H8354 VQPMS , he H1931 PPRO-3MS and the kings H4428 WD-NMP in the pavilions H5521 , that he said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP his servants H5650 , Set H7760 yourselves in array . And they set H7760 W-VQY3MP themselves in array against H5921 PREP the city H5892 D-GFS .
13 And , behold H2009 IJEC , there came H5066 a H259 MMS prophet H5030 unto H413 PREP Ahab H256 king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , Hast thou seen H7200 all H3605 NMS this H2088 D-PMS great H1419 D-AMS multitude H1995 ? behold H2009 IJEC , I will deliver H5414 it into thine hand H3027 this day H3117 D-AMS ; and thou shalt know H3045 W-VQY2MS that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
14 And Ahab H256 said H559 W-VQY3MS , By whom H4310 ? And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , Even by the young men H5288 of the princes H8269 CMP of the provinces H4082 . Then he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Who H4310 IPRO shall order H631 the battle H4421 ? And he answered H559 W-VQY3MS , Thou H859 PPRO-2MS .
15 Then he numbered H6485 the young men H5288 of the princes H8269 CMP of the provinces H4082 , and they were H1961 W-VQY3MP two hundred H3967 MFD and thirty H7970 W-MMP two H8147 ONUM : and after H310 them he numbered H6485 VQQ3MS all H3605 NMS the people H5971 , even all H3605 NMS the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , being seven H7651 RMS thousand H505 .
16 And they went out H3318 W-VQY3MP at noon H6672 . But Ben H1130 - hadad was drinking H8354 VQPMS himself drunk H7910 in the pavilions H5521 , he H1931 PPRO-3MS and the kings H4428 NMS , the thirty H7970 and two H8147 kings H4428 NMS that helped H5826 VQPMS him .
17 And the young men H5288 of the princes H8269 CMP of the provinces H4082 went out H3318 W-VQY3MP first H7223 ; and Ben H1130 - hadad sent out H7971 W-VQY3MS , and they told H5046 him , saying H559 L-VQFC , There are men H376 come out H3318 VQQ3MP of Samaria H8111 .
18 And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Whether H518 PART they be come out H3318 for peace H7965 , take H8610 them alive H2416 NMP ; or whether H518 PART they be come out H3318 for war H4421 , take H8610 them alive H2416 NMP .
19 So these H428 W-PMP young men H5288 of the princes H8269 CMP of the provinces H4082 came out H3318 VQQ3MP of H4480 PREP the city H5892 D-GFS , and the army H2428 which H834 RPRO followed H310 them .
20 And they slew H5221 W-VHY3MP every one H376 NMS his man H376 NMS : and the Syrians H758 EMS fled H5127 W-VQY3MP ; and Israel H3478 pursued H7291 them : and Ben H1130 - hadad the king H4428 NMS of Syria H758 EMS escaped H4422 on H5921 PREP a horse H5483 with the horsemen H6571 .
21 And the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 went out H3318 W-VQY3MS , and smote H5221 W-VHY3MS the horses H5483 and chariots H7393 , and slew H5221 the Syrians H758 with a great H1419 AFS slaughter H4347 .
22 And the prophet H5030 came H5066 to H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto him , Go H1980 VQI2MS , strengthen thyself H2388 , and mark H3045 W-VQI2MS , and see H7200 W-VQI2MS what H834 RPRO thou doest H6213 VQY2MS : for H3588 CONJ at the return H8666 of the year H8141 the king H4428 NMS of Syria H758 EMS will come up H5927 against H5921 PREP-2MS thee .
23 And the servants H5650 of the king H4428 NMS of Syria H758 EMS said H559 VQQ3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Their gods H430 CDP are gods H430 of the hills H2022 NMP ; therefore H3651 ADV they were stronger H2388 than H4480 M-PREP-3MS we ; but H199 W-CONJ let us fight H3898 against H854 PREP-3MP them in the plain H4334 , and surely H518 PART , we shall be stronger H2388 than H4480 M-PREP-3MS they .
24 And do H6213 VQI2MS this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS , Take the kings away H5493 , every man H376 NMS out of his place H4725 M-CMS-3MP , and put H7760 W-VQI2MS captains H6346 in their rooms H8478 :
25 And number H4487 thee an army H2428 NMS , like the army H2428 that thou hast lost H5307 , horse H5483 for horse H5483 , and chariot H7393 for chariot H7393 : and we will fight against H3898 them in the plain H4334 , and surely H518 PART we shall be stronger H2388 than H4480 they . And he hearkened H8085 unto their voice H6963 , and did H6213 W-VQY3MS so H3651 ADV .
26 And it came to pass H1961 W-VPY3MS at the return H8666 of the year H8141 , that Ben H1130 - hadad numbered H6485 the Syrians H758 EMS , and went up H5927 W-VHY3MS to Aphek H663 , to fight H4421 against H5973 PREP Israel H3478 LMS .
27 And the children H1121 W-CMP of Israel H3478 were numbered H6485 , and were all present H3557 , and went H1980 W-VQY3MP against H7121 them : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 pitched H2583 W-VQY3MP before H5048 them like two H8147 little flocks H2835 of kids H5795 ; but the Syrians H758 filled H4390 the country H776 D-GFS .
28 And there came H5066 a man H376 NMS of God H430 D-EDP , and spoke H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , Because H3282 ADV the Syrians H758 EMS have said H559 W-VQY3MS , The LORD H3068 EDS is God H430 CDP of the hills H2022 NMP , but he H1931 PPRO-3MS is not H3808 W-NPAR God H430 CDP of the valleys H6010 NMP , therefore will I deliver H5414 all H3605 NMS this H2088 D-PMS great H1419 D-AMS multitude H1995 into thine hand H3027 B-CFS-2MS , and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 CONJ I H589 PPRO-1MS am the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
29 And they pitched H2583 one H428 PMP over against H5227 the other H428 PMP seven H7651 RMS days H3117 B-NMS . And so it was H1961 W-VQY3MS , that in the seventh H7637 D-ONUM day H3117 B-NMS the battle H4421 was joined H7126 W-VQY3FS : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 slew H5221 W-VHY3MP of the Syrians H758 EMS a hundred H3967 MFS thousand H505 W-BMS footmen H7273 in one H259 ONUM day H3117 B-NMS .
30 But the rest H3498 fled H5127 W-VQY3MP to Aphek H663 , into H413 PREP the city H5892 D-GFS ; and there a wall H2346 fell H5307 W-VQY3FS upon H5921 PREP twenty H6242 and seven H7651 W-MMS thousand H505 W-BMS of the men H376 NMS that were left H3498 . And Ben H1130 - hadad fled H5127 , and came H935 W-VQY3MS into H413 PREP the city H5892 D-GFS , into an inner chamber H2315 .
31 And his servants H5650 said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Behold H2009 IJEC now H4994 IJEC , we have heard H8085 VQQ1MP that H3588 CONJ the kings H4428 NMS of the house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 NMS kings H4428 NMS : let us , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , put H7760 sackcloth H8242 NMP on our loins H4975 , and ropes H2256 upon our heads H7218 , and go out H3318 to H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 : peradventure H194 ADV he will save H2421 VPY3MS thy life H5315 .
32 So they girded H2296 sackcloth H8242 NMP on their loins H4975 , and put ropes H2256 on their heads H7218 , and came H935 W-VQY3MP to H413 PREP the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thy servant H5650 Ben H1130 - hadad saith H559 W-VQY3MS , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , let me H5315 CFS-1MS live H2421 . And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Is he yet H5750 alive H2416 AMS ? he H1931 PPRO-3MS is my brother H251 .
33 Now the men H376 did diligently observe H5172 whether any thing would come from H4480 him , and did hastily H4116 catch H2480 it : and they said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thy brother H251 CMS-2MS Ben H1130 - hadad . Then he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Go H935 ye , bring H3947 him . Then Ben H1130 - hadad came forth H3318 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP-3MS him ; and he caused him to come up H5927 into H5921 PREP the chariot H4818 .
34 And W-VQY3MS Ben H559 W-VQY3MS - hadad H559 W-VQY3MS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , The cities H5892 , which H834 RPRO my father H1 NMS took H3947 from thy father H1 NMS , I will restore H7725 ; and thou shalt make H7760 VQY2MS streets H2351 for thee in Damascus H1834 , as H834 RPRO my father H1 NMS made H7760 VQQ3MS in Samaria H8111 . Then said Ahab , I H589 W-PPRO-1MS will send thee away H7971 with this covenant H1285 . So he made H3772 a covenant H1285 CFS with him , and sent him away H7971 .
35 And a certain H259 MMS man H376 D-NMS of the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 said H559 VQQ3MS unto H413 PREP his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS in the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 EDS , Smite H5221 me , I pray thee H4994 IJEC . And the man H376 D-NMS refused H3985 to smite H5221 him .
36 Then said H559 W-VQY3MS he unto him , Because H3282 ADV thou hast not H3808 ADV obeyed H8085 VQQ2MS the voice H6963 B-NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , behold H2009 , as soon as thou art departed H1980 VQPMS from me , a lion H738 shall slay H5221 thee . And as soon as he was departed H1980 W-VQY3MS from him , a lion H738 found H4672 him , and slew H5221 him .
37 Then he found H4672 W-VQY3MS another H312 AMS man H376 NMS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Smite H5221 me , I pray thee H4994 IJEC . And the man H376 D-NMS smote H5221 him , so that in smiting H5221 he wounded H6481 him .
38 So the prophet H5030 departed H1980 W-VQY3MS , and waited H5975 W-VQY3MS for the king H4428 by H5921 PREP the way H1870 D-NMS , and disguised himself H2664 with ashes H666 upon H5921 PREP his face H5869 .
39 And as H1961 W-VQY3MS the king H4428 D-NMS passed by H5674 , he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS cried H6817 unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS : and he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Thy servant H5650 went out H3318 VQQ3MS into the midst H7130 of the battle H4421 ; and , behold H2009 , a man H376 NMS turned aside H5493 , and brought H935 W-VHY3MS a man H376 NMS unto H413 PREP me , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Keep H8104 VQI2MS this H2088 D-PMS man H376 D-NMS : if H518 PART by any means he be missing H6485 , then shall thy life H5315 be H1961 W-VQQ3FS for H8478 NMS his life H5315 NMS-3MS , or H176 CONJ else thou shalt pay H8254 a talent H3603 of silver H3701 NMS .
40 And as thy servant H5650 was H1961 W-VQY3MS busy H6213 here H2008 ADV and there H2008 , he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS was gone H369 . And the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , So H3651 ADV shall thy judgment H4941 be ; thyself H859 PPRO-2MS hast decided H2782 it .
41 And he hasted H4116 , and took H5493 W-VHY3MS the ashes H666 away from his face H5869 CMD-3MS ; and the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 discerned H5234 him that H3588 CONJ he H1931 PPRO-3MS was of the prophets H5030 .
42 And he said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the LORD H3068 EDS , Because H3282 ADV thou hast let go H7971 VPQ2MS out of thy hand H3027 a man H376 NMS whom I appointed to utter destruction H2764 , therefore thy life H5315 shall go H1961 W-VQQ3FS for H8478 NMS his life H5315 NMS-3MS , and thy people H5971 for H8478 NMS his people H5971 .
43 And the king H4428 NMS of Israel H3478 went H1980 W-VQY3MS to H5921 PREP his house H1004 NMS-3MS heavy H5620 and displeased H2198 , and came H935 W-VQY3MS to Samaria H8111 .
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