1And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 15:181 Kgs 15:201 Kgs 22:311 Kgs 16:241 Kgs 20:161 Kgs 20:241 Sam 13:52 Chr 16:2-42 Kgs 17:5-62 Kgs 6:24-29
2And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben–hadad, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 19:9Isa 36:2-22Isa 37:9-10
3Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 15:9Isa 10:13-14
4And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:6-72 Kgs 18:14-16Deut 28:48Judg 15:11-13Lev 26:36
5And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben–hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; Many Bible Versions Ask AI
6Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:19-212 Kgs 18:31-322 Sam 24:14Ezra 8:27Gen 27:15Hos 13:15Isa 44:9Jer 25:34Joel 3:5Lam 1:10
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 unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 5:71 Chr 13:11 Chr 28:11 Kgs 8:1Dan 11:27Job 15:35Prov 11:14Prov 11:27Prov 24:2Prov 6:14
8And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
9Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
10And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 19:2Exod 11:82 Kgs 19:23-242 Sam 17:12-13Acts 23:12Isa 10:13-14Isa 37:24-25Judg 4:10
11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 27:11 Sam 17:44-47Eccl 9:11Isa 10:15-161 Sam 14:12-131 Sam 14:6Matt 26:33-35Matt 26:75
12And it came to pass, when Ben–hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 16:91 Kgs 20:16Prov 31:4-51 Sam 25:362 Sam 13:28Dan 5:2Dan 5:30Eph 5:18Jer 43:10Luke 21:34
13And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 20:28Ezek 20:222 Kgs 7:1Exod 14:18Exod 16:12Ezek 20:14Isa 37:20Isa 7:1-9Joel 3:171 Kgs 18:36-37
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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Cor 1:27-291 Kgs 18:441 Sam 17:50Gen 14:14-16Judg 7:16-20
15Then 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 children of Israel, being seven thousand. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 19:181 Sam 14:21 Sam 14:62 Chr 14:112 Kgs 13:7Judg 7:16Judg 7:7Ps 106:40-43
16And 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 him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 16:71 Kgs 16:91 Kgs 20:11-12Eccl 10:16-17Hos 4:11Isa 54:15Prov 23:29-32
17And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 20:14-151 Kgs 20:19
18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 14:8-121 Sam 14:11-121 Sam 17:441 Sam 2:3-4Prov 18:12
19So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
20And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:13-151 Sam 30:16-172 Kgs 19:362 Kgs 7:6-72 Sam 2:16Eccl 9:11Judg 7:20-22Lev 26:8Ps 33:16Ps 46:6
21And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 14:20-221 Sam 17:522 Kgs 3:182 Kgs 3:24Judg 3:28Judg 7:23-25
22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 11:11 Kgs 20:131 Kgs 20:261 Chr 20:11 Kgs 19:101 Kgs 20:381 Kgs 22:82 Chr 25:112 Chr 25:82 Kgs 6:12
23And the servants of the king of Syria said unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 14:231 Sam 4:81 Kgs 20:282 Chr 32:13-192 Kgs 19:12Isa 42:8Ps 50:21-22Rom 1:21-23Ps 121:1-2
24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 22:31Prov 21:301 Kgs 20:11 Kgs 20:16
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 unto their voice, and did so. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 10:3
26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 13:171 Kgs 20:221 Kgs 20:301 Sam 29:11 Sam 4:1Josh 13:4Josh 19:30Judg 1:31
27And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 13:5-8Judg 6:51 Sam 14:22 Chr 32:7-8Deut 32:30Eccl 9:11Josh 1:11Judg 7:8
28And there came a man of God, and spake unto 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 thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 20:131 Kgs 17:18Ezek 12:16Ezek 36:21-23Ps 79:101 Kgs 13:11 Kgs 20:22-232 Chr 20:14-20Deut 29:6Deut 32:27
29And they pitched one over against the other 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 17:162 Chr 13:172 Chr 20:23-252 Chr 28:62 Sam 10:18Isa 37:36Josh 6:15Ps 10:16
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 Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 22:252 Chr 18:241 Kgs 20:26Luke 13:41 Kgs 20:101 Kgs 20:20Amos 2:14-15Amos 5:19Amos 9:3Dan 4:37
31And his servants said unto 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: peradventure he will save thy life. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 3:31Gen 37:341 Kgs 20:231 Kgs 21:27-292 Kgs 19:1-22 Kgs 5:132 Kgs 7:42 Sam 14:2Eph 1:7-8Esth 4:1-3
32So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 20:3-61 Kgs 20:311 Kgs 20:421 Sam 15:8-20Dan 5:20-23Isa 10:12Isa 2:11-12Job 12:17-18Job 40:11-12Obad 1:3-4
33Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben–hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 10:15Acts 8:31Luke 16:8Prov 25:13
34And Ben–hadad said unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 15:201 Kgs 20:42Isa 26:101 Kgs 22:312 Chr 16:42 Chr 18:30Isa 8:12
35And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 13:17-182 Kgs 2:152 Kgs 4:11 Kgs 13:1-21 Kgs 20:37-381 Sam 10:122 Kgs 2:3-72 Kgs 4:38Amos 7:14Ezek 4:3
36Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 13:21-241 Kgs 13:261 Sam 15:22-23
37Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 20:35Exod 21:12
38So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 14:21 Kgs 22:302 Sam 14:2Matt 6:16
39And as the king passed by, he cried unto 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 unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 10:241 Kgs 20:421 Pet 1:18-192 Sam 12:1-72 Sam 14:5-7Exod 21:30Job 36:18Judg 9:7-20Mark 12:1-12Prov 13:8
40And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 12:5-7Job 15:6Luke 19:22Matt 25:24-27Matt 21:41-43
41And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 20:382 Sam 13:19Jer 6:26Job 2:8
42And he said unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 22:31-372 Chr 18:33-341 Kgs 20:391 Kgs 20:341 Sam 15:9-112 Kgs 6:242 Kgs 8:12
43And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 21:41 Kgs 22:8Esth 5:13Esth 6:12-13Job 5:2Prov 19:3