I. Kines

10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, “The gods tdo so unto me, “and more also, if he dust_of Samaria shall_ suffice for handfuls for all the people that «follow me.”
ul And the_ ser a _of Israél answered and said, “:Tell him, ‘‘Let not him_ that_girdeth_on his harness boast_him- self as he_that_putteth_it_off.’”
12 And it came_to_pass, when Ben- hadad heard xthis xmessage, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the » pavilions, that he said unto his ser- vants, “+Set yourselves in array.” And they set themselves in arra y against the city.
33 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king_ of Israél, saying, “Thus “saith J the Lorp, -Hast thou seen all xthis xgreat xmultitude ? behold, I swill_ deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou -shalt_know that € am Jthe Lorp.” :
14 And Ahab said, “By whom?” And he said, “Thus ssaith the Lorp, Even by the young. men_of the_princes_ofthe provinces.” Then he said, “ Who shall_ order the battle?” And he answered,
“Thou.”
15 Then he numbered the young_men of the_princes_of the provinces, and they were two_hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered «all the people even all the_s children_of Israél,
eing seven thousand.
16 And they went_out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking_himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped
tint.
And the_young_men_ofthe_princes_ of the provinces went_out ~first ; and Ben-hadad sent_out, and they told him, saying, “There -are «men come_out of Samaria.”
18 And he said, “Whether they -be_ come_out for peace, -take them alive ; or whether they -be_come_out for war, take them alive.”
19 So these young_men of the_princes_ of the provinces came_out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20 And they slew every_one his ‘man: and the Syrians fled; and Israél pur- sued them: and Ben-hadad the_ aie. of Syria escaped on a horse with ¢. horsemen.
21 And the_king_of Israél went_out,
and smote «the horses and ¢ chariots, | c and «slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. . 2 And the prophet came to the_king_ of Israél, and said unto him, “:Go, «strengthen_ thyself, and -mark, and -see -what thou fdoest : for at the_return_ of the year the_king_of Syria +will_ ws up against thee.”
23 And the_servants_of the_king_of Syria said unto him, “Their gods are gods_of the hills; therefore they were_ stronger than we; but ‘et_us_fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall_be_stronger than they.
24 And -do xthis thing, ‘Take the kings away, ‘every_man out_of his place, and -put ¢captains in their rooms :
KX. 24.
B.C. 901. BEN-
HADAD'S THREAT.
a. are at my feet.
b. booths. |
Gop’s PROMISE TO AHAB.
J. Jehovah.
ISRAEL NUMBERED.
$. SONS.
@. anah- shim. i. ish. Schariotears: AHAB WARNED. | | oe
BEN- HADAD PREPARES ANOTHER ARMY.
z. ish. d. deputies, or gover- nors.