Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And Ben-Hadad
king of Aram
hath
gathered all his force,
and thirty and two kings `are'
with him, and horse
and
chariot
, and he goeth
up and layeth
siege
against
Samaria, and fighteth
with
it ,
And Benhadad
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 .
and sendeth
messengers unto
Ahab king of Israel ,
to
the city,
And he
sent
messengers to
Ahab king of Israel into
the city, and
said
unto
him,
Thus
saith
Benhadad,
and
saith
to
him,
`Thus
said
Ben-Hadad,
`
Thy silver and thy gold are
mine ,
and
thy wives and thy sons
--
the best
--
are mine. '
Thy silver and thy gold is
mine ;
thy wives also
and thy children,
even
the goodliest,
are mine.
And the king of Israel answereth
and saith,
`According
to
thy
word
, my lord, O king :
I `
am '
thine, and all that I have. '
And the king of Israel answered
and said
, My lord, O king ,
according
to
thy
saying,
I am thine, and all that I have.
And the messengers turn
back
and say
, `
Thus spake
Ben-Hadad
, saying, Surely
I sent unto thee, saying, Thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons,
to
me
thou
dost
give
;
And the messengers came
again,
and said
, Thus speaketh
Benhadad
, saying, Although
I have
sent unto thee, saying, Thou
shalt
deliver
me
thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children
;
for
if,
at
this
time
to-morrow,
I send my servants unto thee then
they have
searched
thy
house, and the houses of thy servants ,
and it hath
been
, every
desirable
thing
of
thine eyes they place
in their hand, and have
taken
away. '
Yet
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.
And
the king of Israel calleth
to
all the elders of the land, and saith
, `Know
, I pray you, and see that
evil
this `one'
is
seeking,
for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my sons
, and for my silver, and for my gold ,
and I withheld
not
from
him. '
Then
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
.
And all the elders and all the people say
unto him, `Do
not
hearken, nor consent. '
And all the elders and all the people said
unto him, Hearken not
unto
him
, nor consent.
And
he saith
to
the messengers of Ben-Hadad
, `Say
to
my lord the king, All that thou didst send for unto
thy servant at the first I do ,
and
this thing I am
not able
to
do ;'
and the messengers go
and take
him back
word.
Wherefore
he said
unto
the messengers of Benhadad
, 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
.
And Ben-Hadad
sendeth
unto him, and saith
, `Thus
do
the gods to
me, and thus
do
they
add
, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who
`are'
at
my
feet
. '
And Benhadad
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
.
And the king of Israel answereth
and saith
, `Speak
ye:
let not him who
is
girding
on boast himself as him
who
is
loosing
`his
armour'
. '
And 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
.
And it cometh
to pass at
the
hearing
of
this
word
-
- and
he is
drinking, he and the kings ,
in the booths
--
that he saith
unto his servants, `
Set yourselves ;'
and they set themselves against the city.
And 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.
And lo
, a certain
prophet hath
come
nigh
unto Ahab king of Israel, and
saith
, `
Thus said
Jehovah
, `
Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo
, I am
giving
it into thy
hand to-
day ,
and thou hast
known
that I `
am '
Jehovah
. '
And, 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
.
And Ahab saith
, `
By whom? '
and he saith
, `
Thus said
Jehovah
, By the young men of the heads
of the provinces ;'
and
he saith
, `
Who doth
direct
the battle? '
and he saith
, `
Thou. '
And 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.
And
he inspecteth
the young men of the heads
of the provinces, and they are
two hundred ,
two
and thirty ,
and after them he hath
inspecteth
the
whole
of
the people, all the sons
of Israel, seven thousand ,
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 children
of Israel, being
seven thousand .
and they go
out at noon ,
and
Ben-Hadad
is
drinking --
drunk in the booths
, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings ,
helping
him.
And they went
out at noon .
But
Benhadad
was
drinking himself
drunk in the pavilions
, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that
helped
him.
And the young men of the heads
of the provinces go
out at
the
first ,
and Ben-Hadad
sendeth
, and they declare
to
him, saying, `
Men have
come out of Samaria. '
And the young men of the princes
of the provinces went
out first ;
and Benhadad
sent
out
, and they told
him, saying, There
are
men come out of Samaria.
And he saith
, `If
for
peace
they have
come out --
catch
them alive; and
if
for
battle
they have
come out --
alive
catch
them. '
And he said
, Whether
they be
come out for
peace,
take
them alive; or
whether
they be
come out for
war,
take
them alive
.
And
these have
gone
out
of
the
city
--
the
young men of the heads
of the provinces --
and the force
that
`is'
after
them ,
So
these young men of the princes
of the provinces came
out
of
the
city,
and the army
which
followed
them .
and smite
each
his man ,
and Aram
fleeth,
and Israel pursueth
them ,
and Ben-Hadad
king of Aram
escapeth
on a
horse ,
and
the horsemen ;
And they
slew
every
one
his man :
and the
Syrians
fled;
and Israel pursued
them :
and Benhadad
the
king of Syria
escaped
on an
horse with
the horsemen .
and the king of Israel goeth
out, and smiteth
the horses ,
and the
charioteers
, and hath
smitten
among
the Aramaeans
a great smiting
.
And the king of Israel went
out, and smote
the horses and chariots
, and slew
the Syrians
with
a great slaughter
.
And the prophet cometh
nigh
unto
the king of Israel, and saith
to
him, `
Go, strengthen thyself, and know
and see that
which
thou dost,
for at the turn
of the year the king of Aram
is
coming
up against thee. '
And 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.
And the servants of the king of Aram
said unto him, `
Gods of
hills
`
are '
their
gods ,
therefore they were stronger than we; and
yet,
we
fight with
them in the plain --
are
we not
stronger than they ?
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
let
us
fight against
them in the plain ,
and
surely
we shall
be
stronger than they .
`
And this thing do
thou:
turn
aside
the kings each
out of his place, and set
captains in their stead;
And do
this thing ,
Take
the kings away,
every
man
out of his place, and put
captains in their rooms:
and thou,
number to
thee a
force
as
the force
that is
fallen
from
thee
, and
horse for horse, and chariot for chariot ,
and we fight with
them in the plain ;
are
we not
stronger than they ?'
and he hearkeneth
to
their voice, and doth
so.
And 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.
And it cometh
to pass at the turn
of the year, that Ben-Hadad
inspecteth
the Aramaeans
, and goeth
up to Aphek, to battle
with
Israel ,
And it came
to pass at the return
of the year, that Benhadad
numbered
the Syrians
, and went
up to Aphek, to fight
against
Israel .
and the sons
of Israel have
been
inspected
, and supported
, and go
to
meet
them ,
and the sons
of Israel encamp
before them ,
like two flocks of goats,
and
the Aramaeans
have
filled the land
.
And 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
.
And there cometh
nigh
a man of God, and speaketh
unto the king of Israel, and saith
, `
Thus said
Jehovah
, Because that
the Aramaeans
have said, God of hills `is'
Jehovah
, and
He `
is '
not God of valleys --
I have
given
the
whole
of
this great multitude into thy
hand, and ye have
known
that I `
am '
Jehovah
. '
And 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
.
And they encamp
one over -
against another
seven days ,
and it cometh
to
pass
on
the seventh day ,
that
the battle draweth
near,
and the sons
of Israel smite
Aram
--
a
hundred thousand footmen in one day.
And 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.
And
those
left
flee
to Aphek, unto
the city ,
and the
wall falleth
on
twenty and seven chief
men who
are
left ,
and Ben-Hadad
hath
fled, and cometh
in
unto
the city, into the
innermost
part
.
But
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 Benhadad
fled, and came
into
the city, into an
inner
chamber
.
And his servants say
unto him, `Lo,
we
pray
thee
, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel --
that
they
are kind
kings ;
let us put
, we
pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on
our heads, and we
go out unto
the king of Israel ;
it
may
be
he doth
keep
thee
alive
. '
And 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
.
And
they gird
sackcloth on their loins, and ropes `are'
on their heads, and they
come
in
unto
the king of Israel, and say
, `
Thy servant Ben-Hadad
hath
said,
Let
me
live
, I pray thee ;'
and he saith
, `
Is he yet alive? he `
is '
my brother. '
So
they girded
sackcloth on their loins, and put
ropes on their heads, and came
to
the king of Israel, and said
, Thy servant Benhadad
saith
, I pray thee ,
let
me
live.
And he said
, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
And
the men observe
diligently ,
and
hasten
, and catch it from
him,
and say
, `
Thy brother Ben-Hadad;'
and
he saith
, `
Go ye in
, bring him ;'
and
Ben-Hadad
cometh
out
unto
him ,
and he causeth
him to come up on
the chariot.
Now
the men did
diligently observe
whether
any
thing
would
come
from
him
, and did
hastily
catch it :
and they
said
, Thy brother Benhadad.
Then
he said
, Go ye, bring him .
Then
Benhadad
came
forth
to
him ;
and he caused
him to come up into
the chariot.
And he
saith
unto him, `
The cities that
my father took from thy father, I give
back,
and streets
thou dost
make for thee in Damascus, as my father did
in Samaria ;'
--
`and
I,
with
a
covenant
, send thee away ;'
and
he
maketh
with him
a covenant, and sendeth
him away.
And 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.
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour
by
the word of Jehovah
, `
Smite me, I pray thee ;'
and the man refuseth
to smite him ,
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor
in
the word of the
LORD
, Smite me, I pray thee .
And the man refused
to smite him .
and
he saith
to
him, `
Because that
thou hast not hearkened
to
the voice of Jehovah
, lo
, thou art going
from me, and
the
lion hath
smitten
thee ;'
and he goeth
from him, and
the
lion findeth
him, and smiteth
him.
Then
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.
And
he findeth
another man, and saith
, `
Smite me, I pray thee ;'
and the man smiteth
him, smiting and
wounding,
Then
he found
another man, and said
, Smite me, I pray thee .
And the man smote
him, so
that
in
smiting he
wounded
him.
and
the prophet goeth
and standeth
for the king on
the way, and disguiseth
himself with ashes on
his eyes
.
So
the prophet departed,
and waited
for the king by
the way, and disguised
himself with ashes upon
his face
.
And it
cometh
to
pass
--
the king is
passing
by --
that
he hath
cried unto the king ,
and saith
, `
Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle ,
and lo
, a man hath
turned aside and bringeth
in
unto
me
a man, and saith
, Keep this man ;
if he be at
all
missing, then hath
thy life been
for his life, or a talent of silver thou
dost
weigh
out;
And 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 .
and it
cometh
to
pass,
thy servant is
working
hither
and thither
, and
he is
not!'
and the king of Israel saith
unto him, Right
`is'
thy judgment; thou
hast determined
`
it '
. '
And 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.
And he hasteth
and turneth
aside
the ashes from off
his eyes,
and the king of Israel discerneth
him ,
that he `is'
of the prophets ,
And he hasted,
and took
the ashes away
from his face;
and the king of Israel discerned
him that he was
of the prophets .
and he saith
unto him, `
Thus said
Jehovah
, Because thou hast sent
away
the
man
I
devoted,
out of `
thy '
hand, even
thy life hath
been
for his life, and thy people for his people ;'
And 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 .
and the king of Israel goeth
unto
his house ,
sulky
and wroth
, and cometh
in
to Samaria.
And the king of Israel went
to
his house heavy
and displeased
, and came
to Samaria.
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