new(i)
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 sons,
H2896
even the most comely, are mine.
4
H4428
And the king
H3478
of Israel
H6030 [H8799]
answered
H559 [H8799]
and said,
H113
My sovereign,
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 give
H3701
to me thy silver,
H2091
and thy gold,
H802
and thy wives,
H1121
and thy sons;
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 thine 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
evil:
H7971 [H8804]
for he sent
H802
to me for my wives,
H1121
and for my sons,
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 sovereign
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 give
H3027
it into thine 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 sons
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 mountains;
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 sons
H3478
of Israel
H6485 [H8719]
were numbered,
H3557 [H8791]
and were all present,
H3212 [H8799]
and went
H7125 [H8800]
against
H1121
them: and the sons
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 land.
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 mountains,
H430
but he is not God
H6010
of the valleys,
H5414 [H8804]
therefore will I give
H1419
all this great
H1995
multitude
H3027
into thine 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 sons
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 eyes.
39
H4428
And as the king
H5674 [H8802]
passed by,
H6817 [H8804]
he shrieked
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 eyes;
H4428
and the king
H3478
of Israel
H5234 [H8686]
knew
H5030
that he was of the prophets.