1 Kings 20

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  1 H1130 And Benhadad H4428 the king H758 of Syria H6908 0 gathered H2428 all his army H6908 [H8804] together H7970 : and there were thirty H8147 and two H4428 kings H5483 with him, and horses H7393 , and chariots H5927 [H8799] : and he went up H6696 [H8799] and besieged H8111 Samaria H3898 [H8735] , and warred against it.
  2 H7971 [H8799] And he sent H4397 messengers H256 to Ahab H4428 king H3478 of Israel H5892 into the city H559 [H8799] , and said H559 [H8804] to him, Thus saith H1130 Benhadad,
  3 H3701 Thy silver H2091 and thy gold H802 is mine; thy wives H1121 also and thy children H2896 , even the most comely, are mine.
  4 H4428 And the king H3478 of Israel H6030 [H8799] answered H559 [H8799] and said H113 , My lord H4428 , O king H1697 , according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
  5 H4397 And the messengers H7725 [H8799] came again H559 [H8799] , and said H559 [H8804] , Thus speaketh H1130 Benhadad H559 [H8800] , saying H7971 [H8804] , Although I have sent H559 [H8800] to thee, saying H5414 [H8799] , Thou shalt deliver H3701 to me thy silver H2091 , and thy gold H802 , and thy wives H1121 , and thy children;
  6 H7971 [H8799] Yet I will send H5650 my servants H4279 to thee to morrow H6256 about this time H2664 [H8765] , and they shall search H1004 thy house H1004 , and the houses H5650 of thy servants H1961 [H8804] ; and it shall be H4261 , that whatever is pleasant H5869 in thy eyes H7760 [H8799] , they shall take H3027 it in their hand H3947 [H8804] , and carry it away.
  7 H4428 Then the king H3478 of Israel H7121 [H8799] called H2205 all the elders H776 of the land H559 [H8799] , and said H3045 [H8798] , Mark H7200 [H8798] , I pray you, and see H1245 [H8764] how this man seeketh H7451 mischief H7971 [H8804] : for he sent H802 to me for my wives H1121 , and for my children H3701 , and for my silver H2091 , and for my gold H4513 [H8804] ; and I denied him not.
  8 H2205 And all the elders H5971 and all the people H559 [H8799] said H8085 [H8799] to him, Hearken H14 [H8799] not to him, nor consent.
  9 H559 [H8799] Therefore he said H4397 to the messengers H1130 of Benhadad H559 [H8798] , Tell H113 my lord H4428 the king H7971 [H8804] , All that thou didst send H5650 for to thy servant H7223 at the first H6213 [H8799] I will do H1697 : but this thing H3201 [H8799] I may H6213 [H8800] not do H4397 . And the messengers H3212 [H8799] departed H7725 0 , and brought H1697 him word H7725 [H8686] again.
  10 H1130 And Benhadad H7971 [H8799] sent H559 [H8799] to him, and said H430 , The gods H6213 [H8799] do so H3254 [H8686] to me, and more also H6083 , if the dust H8111 of Samaria H5606 [H8799] shall suffice H8168 for handfuls H5971 for all the people H7272 that follow me.
  11 H4428 And the king H3478 of Israel H6030 [H8799] answered H559 [H8799] and said H1696 [H8761] , Tell H2296 [H8802] him, Let not him that girdeth H1984 [H8691] on his armour boast H6605 [H8764] himself as he that putteth it off.
  12 H8085 [H8800] And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard H1697 this message H8354 [H8802] , as he was drinking H4428 , he and the kings H5521 in the pavilions H559 [H8799] , that he said H5650 to his servants H7760 [H8798] , Set H7760 [H8799] yourselves in array. And they set H5892 themselves in array against the city.
  13 H5066 [H8738] And, behold, there came H259 a H5030 prophet H256 to Ahab H4428 king H3478 of Israel H559 [H8799] , saying H559 [H8804] , Thus saith H3068 the LORD H7200 [H8804] , Hast thou seen H1419 all this great H1995 multitude H5414 [H8802] ? behold, I will deliver H3027 it into thy hand H3117 this day H3045 [H8804] ; and thou shalt know H3068 that I am the LORD.
  14 H256 And Ahab H559 [H8799] said H559 [H8799] , By whom? And he said H559 [H8804] , Thus saith H3068 the LORD H5288 , Even by the young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces H559 [H8799] . Then he said H631 [H8799] , Who shall order H4421 the battle H559 [H8799] ? And he answered, Thou.
  15 H6485 [H8799] Then he numbered H5288 the young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces H8147 , and they were two H3967 hundred H7970 and thirty H8147 and two H310 : and after H6485 [H8804] them he numbered H5971 all the people H1121 , even all the children H3478 of Israel H7651 , being seven H505 thousand.
  16 H3318 [H8799] And they went out H6672 at noon H1130 . But Benhadad H8354 [H8802] was drinking H7910 himself drunk H5521 in the pavilions H4428 , he and the kings H7970 , the thirty H8147 and two H4428 kings H5826 [H8802] that helped him.
  17 H5288 And the young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces H3318 [H8799] went out H7223 first H1130 ; and Benhadad H7971 [H8799] sent out H5046 [H8686] , and they told H559 [H8800] him, saying H582 , There are men H3318 [H8804] come out H8111 of Samaria.
  18 H559 [H8799] And he said H3318 [H8804] , Whether they have come out H7965 for peace H8610 [H8798] , take H2416 them alive H3318 [H8804] ; or whether they have come out H4421 for war H8610 [H8798] , take H2416 them alive.
  19 H5288 So these young men H8269 of the princes H4082 of the provinces H3318 [H8804] came out H5892 of the city H2428 , and the army H310 which followed them.
  20 H5221 [H8686] And they slew H376 every one H376 his man H758 : and the Syrians H5127 [H8799] fled H3478 ; and Israel H7291 [H8799] pursued H1130 them: and Benhadad H4428 the king H758 of Syria H4422 [H8735] escaped H5483 on an horse H6571 with the horsemen.
  21 H4428 And the king H3478 of Israel H3318 [H8799] went out H5221 [H8686] , and smote H5483 the horses H7393 and chariots H5221 [H8689] , and slew H758 the Syrians H1419 with a great H4347 slaughter.
  22 H5030 And the prophet H5066 [H8799] came H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel H559 [H8799] , and said H3212 [H8798] to him, Go H2388 [H8690] , strengthen H3045 [H8798] thyself, and mark H7200 [H8798] , and see H6213 [H8799] what thou doest H8666 : for at the return H8141 of the year H4428 the king H758 of Syria H5927 [H8802] will come up against thee.
  23 H5650 And the servants H4428 of the king H758 of Syria H559 [H8804] said H430 to him, Their gods H430 are gods H2022 of the hills H2388 [H8804] ; therefore they were stronger H199 than we; but H3898 [H8735] let us fight H4334 against them in the plain H3808 , and surely H2388 [H8799] we shall be stronger than they.
  24 H6213 [H8798] And do H1697 this thing H5493 [H8685] , Take H4428 the kings H376 away, every man H4725 out of his place H7760 [H8798] , and put H6346 captains in their places:
  25 H4487 [H8799] And number H2428 thee an army H2428 , like the army H5307 [H8802] that thou hast lost H5483 , horse H5483 for horse H7393 , and chariot H7393 for chariot H3898 [H8735] : and we will fight H854 against H4334 them in the plain H2388 [H8799] , and surely we shall be stronger H8085 [H8799] than they. And he hearkened H6963 to their voice H6213 [H8799] , and did so.
  26 H8666 And it came to pass at the return H8141 of the year H1130 , that Benhadad H6485 [H8799] numbered H758 the Syrians H5927 [H8799] , and went up H663 to Aphek H4421 , to fight H3478 against Israel.
  27 H1121 And the children H3478 of Israel H6485 [H8719] were numbered H3557 [H8791] , and were all present H3212 [H8799] , and went H7125 [H8800] against H1121 them: and the children H3478 of Israel H2583 [H8799] encamped H8147 before them like two H2835 little flocks H5795 of kids H758 ; but the Syrians H4390 [H8765] filled H776 the country.
  28 H5066 [H8799] And there came H376 a man H430 of God H559 [H8799] , and spoke H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel H559 [H8799] , and said H559 [H8804] , Thus saith H3068 the LORD H758 , Because the Syrians H559 [H8804] have said H3068 , The LORD H430 is God H2022 of the hills H430 , but he is not God H6010 of the valleys H5414 [H8804] , therefore will I deliver H1419 all this great H1995 multitude H3027 into thy hand H3045 [H8804] , and ye shall know H3068 that I am the LORD.
  29 H2583 [H8799] And they encamped H5227 opposite H428 one H428 another H7651 seven H3117 days H7637 . And so it was, that in the seventh H3117 day H4421 the battle H7126 [H8799] was joined H1121 : and the children H3478 of Israel H5221 [H8686] slew H758 of the Syrians H3967 an hundred H505 thousand H7273 footmen H259 in one H3117 day.
  30 H3498 [H8737] But the rest H5127 [H8799] fled H663 to Aphek H5892 , into the city H2346 ; and there a wall H5307 [H8799] fell H6242 upon twenty H7651 and seven H505 thousand H376 of the men H3498 [H8737] that were left H1130 . And Benhadad H5127 [H8804] fled H935 [H8799] , and came H5892 into the city H2315 , into an inner H2315 chamber.
  31 H5650 And his servants H559 [H8799] said H8085 [H8804] to him, Behold now, we have heard H4428 that the kings H1004 of the house H3478 of Israel H2617 are merciful H4428 kings H7760 [H8799] : let us, I pray thee, put H8242 sackcloth H4975 on our loins H2256 , and ropes H7218 upon our heads H3318 [H8799] , and go out H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel H2421 [H8762] : perhaps he will save H5315 thy life.
  32 H2296 [H8799] So they girded H8242 sackcloth H4975 on their loins H2256 , and put ropes H7218 on their heads H935 [H8799] , and came H4428 to the king H3478 of Israel H559 [H8799] , and said H5650 , Thy servant H1130 Benhadad H559 [H8804] saith H2421 H5315 [H8799] , I pray thee, let me live H559 [H8799] . And he said H2416 , Is he yet alive H251 ? he is my brother.
  33 H582 Now the men H5172 [H8762] diligently observed H4116 [H8762] whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily H2480 [H8686] catch H559 [H8799] it: and they said H251 , Thy brother H1130 Benhadad H559 [H8799] . Then he said H935 [H8798] , Go H3947 [H8798] ye, bring H1130 him. Then Benhadad H3318 [H8799] came forth H5927 [H8686] to him; and he caused him to come up H4818 into the chariot.
  34 H559 [H8799] And Benhadad said H5892 to him, The cities H1 , which my father H3947 [H8804] took H1 from thy father H7725 [H8686] , I will restore H7760 [H8799] ; and thou shalt make H2351 streets H1834 for thee in Damascus H1 , as my father H7760 [H8804] made H8111 in Samaria H7971 [H8762] . Then said Ahab, I will send thee away H1285 with this covenant H3772 [H8799] . So he made H1285 a covenant H7971 [H8762] with him, and sent him away.
  35 H259 And a certain H376 man H1121 of the sons H5030 of the prophets H559 [H8804] said H7453 to his neighbour H1697 in the word H3068 of the LORD H5221 [H8685] , Smite H376 me, I pray thee. And the man H3985 [H8762] refused H5221 [H8687] to smite him.
  36 H559 [H8799] Then said H8085 [H8804] he to him, Because thou hast not obeyed H6963 the voice H3068 of the LORD H1980 [H8802] , behold, as soon as thou hast departed H738 from me, a lion H5221 [H8689] shall slay H3212 [H8799] thee. And as soon as he had departed H681 from him H738 , a lion H4672 [H8799] found H5221 [H8686] him, and slew him.
  37 H4672 [H8799] Then he found H312 another H376 man H559 [H8799] , and said H5221 [H8685] , Smite H376 me, I pray thee. And the man H5221 [H8686] smote H5221 [H8687] him, so that in smiting H6481 [H8800] he wounded him.
  38 H5030 So the prophet H3212 [H8799] departed H5975 [H8799] , and waited H4428 for the king H1870 by the way H2664 [H8691] , and disguised H666 himself with ashes H5869 upon his face.
  39 H4428 And as the king H5674 [H8802] passed by H6817 [H8804] , he cried H4428 to the king H559 [H8799] : and he said H5650 , Thy servant H3318 [H8804] went out H7130 into the midst H4421 of the battle H376 ; and, behold, a man H5493 [H8804] turned aside H935 [H8686] , and brought H376 a man H559 [H8799] to me, and said H8104 [H8798] , Keep H376 this man H6485 [H8736] : if by any means H6485 [H8735] he shall be missing H5315 , then shall thy life H5315 be for his life H8254 [H8799] , or else thou shalt pay H3603 a talent H3701 of silver.
  40 H5650 And as thy servant H6213 [H8802] was busy H369 here and there, he was gone H4428 . And the king H3478 of Israel H559 [H8799] said H4941 to him, So shall thy judgment H2782 [H8804] be; thyself hast decided it.
  41 H4116 [H8762] And he hasted H666 , and took the ashes H5493 [H8686] away H5869 from his face H4428 ; and the king H3478 of Israel H5234 [H8686] knew H5030 that he was of the prophets.
  42 H559 [H8799] And he said H559 [H8804] to him, Thus saith H3068 the LORD H7971 [H8765] , Because thou hast let go H3027 out of thy hand H376 a man H2764 whom I appointed to utter destruction H5315 , therefore thy life H5315 shall go for his life H5971 , and thy people H5971 for his people.
  43 H4428 And the king H3478 of Israel H3212 [H8799] went H1004 to his house H5620 sad H2198 and displeased H935 [H8799] , and came H8111 to Samaria.