| 20:1 | And Benhadad <01130> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> gathered <06908> (0) all his host <02428> together <06908> (8804): and [there were] thirty <07970> and two <08147> kings <04428> with him, and horses <05483>, and chariots <07393>: and he went up <05927> (8799) and besieged <06696> (8799) Samaria <08111>, and warred <03898> (8735) against it. |
| 20:2 | And he sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> to Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478> into the city <05892>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) Benhadad <01130>, |
| 20:3 | Thy silver <03701> and thy gold <02091> [is] mine; thy wives <0802> also and thy children <01121>, [even] the goodliest <02896>, [are] mine. |
| 20:4 | And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, according to thy saying <01697>, I [am] thine, and all that I have. |
| 20:5 | And the messengers <04397> came again <07725> (8799), and said <0559> (8799), Thus speaketh <0559> (8804) Benhadad <01130>, saying <0559> (8800), Although I have sent <07971> (8804) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800), Thou shalt deliver <05414> (8799) me thy silver <03701>, and thy gold <02091>, and thy wives <0802>, and thy children <01121>; |
| 20:6 | Yet I will send <07971> (8799) my servants <05650> unto thee to morrow <04279> about this time <06256>, and they shall search <02664> (8765) thine house <01004>, and the houses <01004> of thy servants <05650>; and it shall be <01961> (8804), [that] whatsoever is pleasant <04261> in thine eyes <05869>, they shall put <07760> (8799) [it] in their hand <03027>, and take [it] away <03947> (8804). {pleasant: Heb. desirable} |
| 20:7 | Then the king <04428> of Israel <03478> called <07121> (8799) all the elders <02205> of the land <0776>, and said <0559> (8799), Mark <03045> (8798), I pray you, and see <07200> (8798) how this [man] seeketh <01245> (8764) mischief <07451>: for he sent <07971> (8804) unto me for my wives <0802>, and for my children <01121>, and for my silver <03701>, and for my gold <02091>; and I denied <04513> (8804) him not. {I denied...: Heb. I kept not back from him} |
| 20:8 | And all the elders <02205> and all the people <05971> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Hearken <08085> (8799) not [unto him], nor consent <014> (8799). |
| 20:9 | Wherefore he said <0559> (8799) unto the messengers <04397> of Benhadad <01130>, Tell <0559> (8798) my lord <0113> the king <04428>, All that thou didst send <07971> (8804) for to thy servant <05650> at the first <07223> I will do <06213> (8799): but this thing <01697> I may <03201> (8799) not do <06213> (8800). And the messengers <04397> departed <03212> (8799), and brought <07725> (0) him word <01697> again <07725> (8686). |
| 20:10 | And Benhadad <01130> sent <07971> (8799) unto him, and said <0559> (8799), The gods <0430> do so <06213> (8799) unto me, and more also <03254> (8686), if the dust <06083> of Samaria <08111> shall suffice <05606> (8799) for handfuls <08168> for all the people <05971> that follow <07272> me. {follow...: Heb. are at my feet} |
| 20:11 | And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Tell <01696> (8761) [him], Let not him that girdeth <02296> (8802) on [his harness] boast <01984> (8691) himself as he that putteth it off <06605> (8764). |
| 20:12 | And it came to pass, when [Benhadad] heard <08085> (8800) this message <01697>, as he [was] drinking <08354> (8802), he and the kings <04428> in the pavilions <05521>, that he said <0559> (8799) unto his servants <05650>, Set <07760> (8798) [yourselves in array]. And they set <07760> (8799) [themselves in array] against the city <05892>. {message: Heb. word} {pavilions: or, tents} {Set yourselves...: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines} |
| 20:13 | And, behold, there came <05066> (8738) a <0259> prophet <05030> unto Ahab <0256> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559> (8799), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Hast thou seen <07200> (8804) all this great <01419> multitude <01995>? behold, I will deliver <05414> (8802) it into thine hand <03027> this day <03117>; and thou shalt know <03045> (8804) that I [am] the LORD <03068>. {came: Heb. approached} |
| 20:14 | And Ahab <0256> said <0559> (8799), By whom? And he said <0559> (8799), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, [Even] by the young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>. Then he said <0559> (8799), Who shall order <0631> (8799) the battle <04421>? And he answered <0559> (8799), Thou. {young...: or, servants} {order: Heb. bind, or, tie} |
| 20:15 | Then he numbered <06485> (8799) the young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>, and they were two <08147> hundred <03967> and thirty <07970> two <08147>: and after <0310> them he numbered <06485> (8804) all the people <05971>, [even] all the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, [being] seven <07651> thousand <0505>. |
| 20:16 | And they went out <03318> (8799) at noon <06672>. But Benhadad <01130> [was] drinking <08354> (8802) himself drunk <07910> in the pavilions <05521>, he and the kings <04428>, the thirty <07970> and two <08147> kings <04428> that helped <05826> (8802) him. |
| 20:17 | And the young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082> went out <03318> (8799) first <07223>; and Benhadad <01130> sent out <07971> (8799), and they told <05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800), There are men <0582> come out <03318> (8804) of Samaria <08111>. |
| 20:18 | And he said <0559> (8799), Whether they be come out <03318> (8804) for peace <07965>, take <08610> (8798) them alive <02416>; or whether they be come out <03318> (8804) for war <04421>, take <08610> (8798) them alive <02416>. |
| 20:19 | So these young men <05288> of the princes <08269> of the provinces <04082> came out <03318> (8804) of the city <05892>, and the army <02428> which followed <0310> them. |
| 20:20 | And they slew <05221> (8686) every one <0376> his man <0376>: and the Syrians <0758> fled <05127> (8799); and Israel <03478> pursued <07291> (8799) them: and Benhadad <01130> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> escaped <04422> (8735) on an horse <05483> with the horsemen <06571>. |
| 20:21 | And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went out <03318> (8799), and smote <05221> (8686) the horses <05483> and chariots <07393>, and slew <05221> (8689) the Syrians <0758> with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>. |
| 20:22 | And the prophet <05030> came <05066> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go <03212> (8798), strengthen <02388> (8690) thyself, and mark <03045> (8798), and see <07200> (8798) what thou doest <06213> (8799): for at the return <08666> of the year <08141> the king <04428> of Syria <0758> will come up <05927> (8802) against thee. |
| 20:23 | And the servants <05650> of the king <04428> of Syria <0758> said <0559> (8804) unto him, Their gods <0430> [are] gods <0430> of the hills <02022>; therefore they were stronger <02388> (8804) than we; but <0199> let us fight <03898> (8735) against them in the plain <04334>, and surely <03808> we shall be stronger <02388> (8799) than they. |
| 20:24 | And do <06213> (8798) this thing <01697>, Take <05493> (8685) the kings <04428> away, every man <0376> out of his place <04725>, and put <07760> (8798) captains <06346> in their rooms: |
| 20:25 | And number <04487> (8799) thee an army <02428>, like the army <02428> that thou hast lost <05307> (8802), horse <05483> for horse <05483>, and chariot <07393> for chariot <07393>: and we will fight <03898> (8735) against <0854> them in the plain <04334>, [and] surely we shall be stronger <02388> (8799) than they. And he hearkened <08085> (8799) unto their voice <06963>, and did so <06213> (8799). {that thou...: Heb. that was fallen} |
| 20:26 | And it came to pass at the return <08666> of the year <08141>, that Benhadad <01130> numbered <06485> (8799) the Syrians <0758>, and went up <05927> (8799) to Aphek <0663>, to fight <04421> against Israel <03478>. {to fight...: Heb. to the war with Israel} |
| 20:27 | And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were numbered <06485> (8719), and were all present <03557> (8791), and went <03212> (8799) against <07125> (8800) them: and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> pitched <02583> (8799) before them like two <08147> little flocks <02835> of kids <05795>; but the Syrians <0758> filled <04390> (8765) the country <0776>. {were all...: or, were nourished} |
| 20:28 | And there came <05066> (8799) a man <0376> of God <0430>, and spake <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799), Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Because the Syrians <0758> have said <0559> (8804), The LORD <03068> [is] God <0430> of the hills <02022>, but he [is] not God <0430> of the valleys <06010>, therefore will I deliver <05414> (8804) all this great <01419> multitude <01995> into thine hand <03027>, and ye shall know <03045> (8804) that I [am] the LORD <03068>. |
| 20:29 | And they pitched <02583> (8799) one <0428> over against <05227> the other <0428> seven <07651> days <03117>. And [so] it was, that in the seventh <07637> day <03117> the battle <04421> was joined <07126> (8799): and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> slew <05221> (8686) of the Syrians <0758> an hundred <03967> thousand <0505> footmen <07273> in one <0259> day <03117>. |
| 20:30 | But the rest <03498> (8737) fled <05127> (8799) to Aphek <0663>, into the city <05892>; and [there] a wall <02346> fell <05307> (8799) upon twenty <06242> and seven <07651> thousand <0505> of the men <0376> [that were] left <03498> (8737). And Benhadad <01130> fled <05127> (8804), and came <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>, into an inner <02315> chamber <02315>. {into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber} |
| 20:31 | And his servants <05650> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Behold now, we have heard <08085> (8804) that the kings <04428> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478> [are] merciful <02617> kings <04428>: let us, I pray thee, put <07760> (8799) sackcloth <08242> on our loins <04975>, and ropes <02256> upon our heads <07218>, and go out <03318> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>: peradventure he will save <02421> (8762) thy life <05315>. |
| 20:32 | So they girded <02296> (8799) sackcloth <08242> on their loins <04975>, and [put] ropes <02256> on their heads <07218>, and came <0935> (8799) to the king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and said <0559> (8799), Thy servant <05650> Benhadad <01130> saith <0559> (8804), I pray thee, let me live <02421> (8799) <05315>. And he said <0559> (8799), [Is] he yet alive <02416>? he [is] my brother <0251>. |
| 20:33 | Now the men <0582> did diligently observe <05172> (8762) whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily <04116> (8762) catch <02480> (8686) [it]: and they said <0559> (8799), Thy brother <0251> Benhadad <01130>. Then he said <0559> (8799), Go <0935> (8798) ye, bring <03947> (8798) him. Then Benhadad <01130> came forth <03318> (8799) to him; and he caused him to come up <05927> (8686) into the chariot <04818>. |
| 20:34 | And [Benhadad] said <0559> (8799) unto him, The cities <05892>, which my father <01> took <03947> (8804) from thy father <01>, I will restore <07725> (8686); and thou shalt make <07760> (8799) streets <02351> for thee in Damascus <01834>, as my father <01> made <07760> (8804) in Samaria <08111>. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away <07971> (8762) with this covenant <01285>. So he made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> with him, and sent him away <07971> (8762). {streets: or, market places} |
| 20:35 | And a certain <0259> man <0376> of the sons <01121> of the prophets <05030> said <0559> (8804) unto his neighbour <07453> in the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, Smite <05221> (8685) me, I pray thee. And the man <0376> refused <03985> (8762) to smite <05221> (8687) him. |
| 20:36 | Then said <0559> (8799) he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed <08085> (8804) the voice <06963> of the LORD <03068>, behold, as soon as thou art departed <01980> (8802) from me, a lion <0738> shall slay <05221> (8689) thee. And as soon as he was departed <03212> (8799) from him <0681>, a lion <0738> found <04672> (8799) him, and slew <05221> (8686) him. |
| 20:37 | Then he found <04672> (8799) another <0312> man <0376>, and said <0559> (8799), Smite <05221> (8685) me, I pray thee. And the man <0376> smote <05221> (8686) him, so that in smiting <05221> (8687) he wounded <06481> (8800) [him]. {so that...: Heb. smiting and wounding} |
| 20:38 | So the prophet <05030> departed <03212> (8799), and waited <05975> (8799) for the king <04428> by the way <01870>, and disguised <02664> (8691) himself with ashes <0666> upon his face <05869>. |
| 20:39 | And as the king <04428> passed by <05674> (8802), he cried <06817> (8804) unto the king <04428>: and he said <0559> (8799), Thy servant <05650> went out <03318> (8804) into the midst <07130> of the battle <04421>; and, behold, a man <0376> turned aside <05493> (8804), and brought <0935> (8686) a man <0376> unto me, and said <0559> (8799), Keep <08104> (8798) this man <0376>: if by any means <06485> (8736) he be missing <06485> (8735), then shall thy life <05315> be for his life <05315>, or else thou shalt pay <08254> (8799) a talent <03603> of silver <03701>. {pay: Heb. weigh} |
| 20:40 | And as thy servant <05650> was busy <06213> (8802) here and there, he was gone <0369>. And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto him, So [shall] thy judgment <04941> [be]; thyself hast decided <02782> (8804) [it]. {he was...: Heb. he was not} |
| 20:41 | And he hasted <04116> (8762), and took the ashes <0666> away <05493> (8686) from his face <05869>; and the king <04428> of Israel <03478> discerned <05234> (8686) him that he [was] of the prophets <05030>. |
| 20:42 | And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Because thou hast let go <07971> (8765) out of [thy] hand <03027> a man <0376> whom I appointed to utter destruction <02764>, therefore thy life <05315> shall go for his life <05315>, and thy people <05971> for his people <05971>. |
| 20:43 | And the king <04428> of Israel <03478> went <03212> (8799) to his house <01004> heavy <05620> and displeased <02198>, and came <0935> (8799) to Samaria <08111>. |
1 Raja-raja 20 - AV with Strong Numbers
