1 Kings 20
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1 Kings 20:12-16

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Ben-hadad receivedH8085 thisH2088 messageH1697 while heH1931 and the kingsH4428 were drinkingH8354H1931 in their tentsH5521,1 and he saidH559 toH413 his servantsH5650, “Take your positionsH7760.” So they stationed themselvesH7760 againstH5921 the cityH5892.

13MeanwhileH2009 aH259 prophetH5030 approachedH5066H413 AhabH256 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 and declaredH559, “This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559: ‘Do you seeH7200 thisH2088 entireH3605 greatH1419 armyH1995? BeholdH2005, I will deliver itH5414 into your handH3027 this very dayH3117, and you will knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068.’”

14“By whomH4310?” AhabH256 askedH559.

And the prophet repliedH559, “This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559: ‘By the young officersH5288 of the districtH4082 governorsH8269.’”

“WhoH4310 will startH631 the battleH4421?” askedH559 Ahab.

“YouH859 will,” answered the prophetH559.

15So Ahab assembledH6485 the young officersH5288 of the districtH4082 governorsH8269, and there wereH1961 232 menH3967H8147H7970. And after themH310, he assembledH6485 the rest of the IsraeliteH1121H3478 troopsH5971, 7,000H7651H505 in allH3605.

16They marched outH3318 at noonH6672 while Ben-hadadH1130 and the 32H7970H8147H4428 kingsH4428 alliedH5826 with himH853 were in their tentsH5521H1931 gettingH8354 drunkH7910.

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  1. 1. 1 Kings 20:12 Or in Succoth; also in verse 16 ↩

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