1 Kings 20
20:1And the son of Hadad king of Syria gathered together all his force, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And they ascended, and laid siege against Samaria, and waged war against it.
20:2And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and he said to him, Thus says the son of Hadad.
20:3Your silver and your gold is mine; and your wives and your children, the best is mine.
20:4And the king of Israel answered and said, As you have spoken, O my master, O king, I am yours, and all my things.
20:5And the messengers returned and said, Thus says the son of Hadad, I have sent to you, saying, Your silver and your gold and your wives and your children you shall give to me,
20:6for this hour tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house, and the houses of your servants. And it will be that all the desires of their eyes, of what ever they should put upon with their hands, they shall take.
20:7And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and he said, Know indeed and behold! that this one seeks evil, for he has sent to me for my wives, and for my children. And my silver and my gold I have not kept back from him.
20:8And the elders and all the people said to him, You should not hearken, and you should not want.
20:9And he said to the messengers of the son of Hadad, Say to your master! All as much as you sent to your servant at first, I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed and returned to him the word.
20:10And the son of Hadad sent to him saying, Thus may the gods do to me, and thus may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for the handful to all the people, to my footmen.
20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Let it be enough! Let not the humpback boast as the one standing straight!
20:12And it came to pass when he answered to him this word, he was drinking and all the kings with him in tents. And he said to his servants, Build a siege mound! And they put a siege mound against the city.
20:13And behold, one prophet came forward to Ahab king of Israel, and he said, Thus says the lord, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I give it today into your hands; and you shall know that I am the lord.
20:14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says the lord, By the young men of the rulers of the regions. And Ahab said, Who shall join together for the war? And he said, You.
20:15And Ahab numbered the servants of the rulers of the regions, and they were two hundred thirty and two. And after these things he numbered the people, every son of power -- seven thousand.
20:16And he went forth at midday. And the son of Hadad was drinking and being intoxicated in Succoth, he and the kings, thirty and two kings, the allies with him.
20:17And came forth the young men, the rulers of the regions at first. And the son of Hadad sent, and they led up to him, saying, Men have come forth from out of Samaria.
20:18And he said to them, If in peace they come forth, seize them alive! And if for war they came forth, seize them alive!
20:19And the young men went forth from the city of the rulers of the regions, and the force after them.
20:20And each man struck the one by him. And Syria fled, and Israel pursued them. And the son of Hadad king of Syria escaped upon a horse of a horseman.
20:21And the king of Israel came forth, and he took the horses, and the chariots, and he struck a great calamity against Syria.
20:22And the prophet came forward to the king of Israel, and he said, Strengthen yourself, and know, and see what you shall do! for returning during the year, the son of Hadad king of Syria will ascend against you.
20:23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, The God of mountains is the God of Israel, and not a God of valleys; on account of this they powered over us. But if we wage war against them according to the straight plains, assuredly we shall power over them.
20:24And this thing you do! Let the kings each depart to his place, and establish satraps in place of them!
20:25And you exchange according to the force falling from you -- even horse for horse, and chariots for chariots. And we will wage war against them in the straight plains, and we will power over them. And he hearkened to their voice, and did thus.
20:26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Hadad mustered Syria, and he ascended into Aphek for war against Israel.
20:27And the sons of Israel were mustered, and they came to meet them. And Israel camped right opposite them, as two flocks of goats. And Syria filled the land.
20:28And came forward a man of God, and he said to the king of Israel, Thus says the lord, Because Syria said, the lord God of Israel is God of the mountains, and he is not God of the valleys, that I will give this great force into your hand, and you shall know that I am the lord.
20:29And these camped before those seven days. And it came to pass in the seventh day, that the war led on. And Israel struck Syria -- a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
20:30And the rest fled unto Aphek, into the city. And the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men of the ones remaining. And the son of Hadad fled, and he entered into the house of the bedroom, into the inner chamber.
20:31And his servants said to him, Indeed behold we heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings of mercy. We should place indeed sackcloths upon our loins, and rough cords upon our heads, and we should go forth to the king of Israel; if by any means he shall bring forth alive our lives.
20:32And they girded sackcloths upon their loins, and put rough cords upon their heads. And they said to the king of Israel, Your servant, the son of Hadad says, Let my soul indeed live! And he said, Does he still live? he is my brother.
20:33And the men foretold and hastened and gathered up the word out of his mouth, and they said, Your brother the son of Hadad. And he said, Enter, and receive him! And the son of Hadad came forth to him; and they transported him upon the chariot to him.
20:34And he said to him, The cities which my father took from your father, I give back to you. And you shall establish streets in Damascus for yourself, as my father established in Samaria. And I by covenant shall send you out. And he ordained with him a covenant, and sent him out.
20:35And one man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor, by a word of the lord, Strike me indeed! And the man would not strike him.
20:36And he said to him, Because you hearkened not to the voice of the lord, behold, as you run from me, a lion shall strike you. And he went forth from him, and a lion found him, and struck him.
20:37And he finds another man, and he said, Strike indeed me! And the man struck him, and striking he broke him.
20:38And the prophet went and stood to the king of Israel upon the way, and he bound his eyes with a ligature.
20:39And it came to pass as the king came near, that he yelled out to the king. And he said, Your servant went forth with the military for war, and behold, a man brought to me another man, and he said to me, Guard this man! And if by rushing away he should rush away, then your life will be required for his life, or a talent of silver you establish for it.
20:40And it came to pass as your servant looked round about here this way and here that way, that this man was not around. And the king of Israel said to him, Behold, you are the magistrate, you murdered for me.
20:41And he hastened and removed the ligature from his eyes. And the king of Israel recognized him, that this one was of the prophets.
20:42And he said to him, Thus says the lord, Because you sent out a pernicious man to escape from out of your hand, even your life will be required for his life, and your people for his people.
20:43And the king of Israel went forth being confounded and faint, and came unto Samaria.