I Kings 20

1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

5And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent to thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver to me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

6Yet I will send my servants to thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in thy eyes, they shall take it in their hand, and carry it away.

Isaiah 44:9, 1 Samuel 13:19, 1 Samuel 13:21, Jeremiah 25:34, 2 Samuel 24:14

7Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

2 Kings 5:7, 2 Kings 5:7, Proverbs 24:2, Romans 3:13, Romans 3:18

8And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not to him, nor consent.

9Therefore he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

10And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

1 Kings 19:2, 1 Kings 19:2, Exodus 11:8, Exodus 11:8, Isaiah 37:24

11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Proverbs 27:1, Proverbs 27:1, Ecclesiastes 9:11, 1 Samuel 17:44, 1 Samuel 17:47

12And it came to pass, when Benhadadheard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in array . And they set themselves in array against the city.

1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 16:9, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:5, 1 Kings 20:16

13And, behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

1 Kings 20:28, 1 Kings 20:28, Ezekiel 20:22, Ezekiel 20:22, Isaiah 37:20

14And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

1 Kings 18:44, 1 Samuel 17:50, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:16, Judges 7:16

15Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty and two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

2 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Samuel 14:2, Judges 7:16, 1 Samuel 14:6, Judges 7:7

16And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

Hosea 4:11, 1 Kings 16:7, 1 Kings 16:9, 1 Kings 20:11, 1 Kings 20:12

17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Kings 20:19, 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15

18And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.

2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:12, 2 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 14:12, 1 Samuel 17:44

19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

Judges 7:20, Judges 7:22, 1 Samuel 30:16, 1 Samuel 30:17, Psalms 46:6

21And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

Judges 7:23, Judges 7:25, 2 Kings 3:18, 1 Samuel 17:52, Judges 3:28

22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

1 Kings 20:26, 2 Samuel 11:1, 1 Kings 20:26, 2 Samuel 11:1, 1 Kings 20:13

23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

1 Kings 14:23, 1 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 19:12, 1 Kings 20:28, Psalms 50:21

24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their places:

1 Kings 22:31, Proverbs 21:30, 1 Kings 22:31, Proverbs 21:30, 1 Kings 20:1

25And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.

Psalms 10:3, Psalms 10:3

26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

2 Kings 13:17, 2 Kings 13:17, 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:30

27And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

Judges 6:5, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 13:8, Judges 6:5, 1 Samuel 13:5

28And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:18, Ezekiel 36:21

29And they encamped opposite one another seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

Psalms 10:16, Isaiah 37:36, Joshua 6:15, 1 Samuel 17:16, 2 Chronicles 13:17

30But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

2 Chronicles 18:24, 1 Kings 22:25, 2 Chronicles 18:24, 1 Kings 22:25, 1 Kings 20:26

31And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: perhaps he will save thy life.

Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 3:31, Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 3:31, 1 Kings 20:23

32So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

1 Kings 20:3, 1 Kings 20:6, 1 Kings 20:3, 1 Kings 20:6, Obadiah 1:3

33Now the men diligently observed whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it : and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

Luke 16:8, Proverbs 25:13, Acts 8:31, 2 Kings 10:15, Luke 16:8

34And Benhadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

1 Kings 15:20, 1 Kings 15:20, Isaiah 26:10, 1 Kings 20:42, Isaiah 26:10

35And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

2 Kings 2:15, 1 Kings 13:17, 1 Kings 13:18, 2 Kings 2:15, 1 Kings 13:17

36Then said he to him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou hast departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

1 Kings 13:21, 1 Kings 13:24, 1 Kings 13:26, 1 Samuel 15:22, 1 Samuel 15:23

37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him .

1 Kings 20:35, Exodus 21:12, 1 Kings 20:35, Exodus 21:12

38So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

1 Kings 14:2, 1 Kings 14:2, 2 Samuel 14:2, Matthew 6:16, 1 Kings 22:30

39And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he shall be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

2 Kings 10:24, 2 Kings 10:24, Proverbs 13:8, Proverbs 6:35, 1 Kings 20:42

40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall thy judgment be ; thyself hast decided it .

Job 15:6, Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:22, 2 Samuel 12:5

41And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel knew that he was of the prophets.

1 Kings 20:38, Job 2:8, 2 Samuel 13:19, Jeremiah 6:26, 1 Kings 20:38

42And he said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

1 Kings 22:31, 1 Kings 22:37, 1 Kings 22:31, 1 Kings 22:37, 2 Chronicles 18:33

43And the king of Israel went to his house sad and displeased, and came to Samaria.

1 Kings 21:4, 1 Kings 21:4, Esther 5:13, Esther 6:12, Esther 6:13

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