1 Kings 20
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1 Kings 20:22-30

22And the prophetH5030 cameH5927 near to the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, and saidH559 unto him, GoH5927, strengthenH2388 thyself, and mark, and seeH7200 what thou doest; for at the returnH8666 of the yearH8141 the kingH4428 of Syria will comeH5927 up against thee. 23And the servantsH5650 of the kingH4428 of Syria saidH559 unto him, Their godH430 is a godH430 of the hillsH2022; thereforeH3651 they were strongerH2388 than we: but let us fightH3898 against them in the plainH4334, and surely we shall be strongerH2388 than they. 24And do this thingH1697: take the kingsH4428 awayH5493, every manH376 out of his placeH4725, and putH7760 captains in their roomH4725; 25and numberH4487 thee an armyH2428, like the armyH2428 that thou hast lost, horseH5483 for horseH5483, and chariotH7393 for chariotH7393; and we will fightH3898 against them in the plainH4334, and surely we shall be strongerH2388 than they. And he hearkened unto their voiceH6963, and did soH3651.

26And it came to pass at the returnH8666 of the yearH8141, that Ben-hadadH1130 musteredH6485 the Syrians, and wentH5927 up to AphekH663, to fight against IsraelH3478. 27And the children of IsraelH3478 were musteredH6485, and were victualled, and went against them: and the children of IsraelH3478 encampedH2583 before them like twoH8147 little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filledH4390 the country. 28And a manH376 of GodH430 came near and spake unto the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, and saidH559, ThusH3541 saith Jehovah, Because the Syrians have saidH559, Jehovah is a godH430 of the hillsH2022, but he is not a godH430 of the valleysH6010; therefore will I deliver all this greatH1419 multitudeH1995 into thy handH3027, and ye shall knowH3045 that I am Jehovah. 29And they encampedH2583 oneH259 over against the other sevenH7651 daysH3117. And so it wasH1961, that in the seventhH7637 dayH3117 the battleH4421 wasH1961 joined; and the children of IsraelH3478 slew of the Syrians a hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmen in oneH259 dayH3117. 30But the rest fledH5127 to AphekH663, into the cityH5892; and the wallH2346 fellH5307 upon twentyH6242 and sevenH7651 thousandH505 menH376 that were leftH3498. And Ben-hadadH1130 fledH5127, and cameH935 into the cityH5892, into an innerH2315 chamberH2315.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain