1 Kings chapter 20 Ahab's wars with Syria.

Ben-Had, the king of Syria, gathered all his army together.

32 kings were with him and horses and chariots, and he went up and closed in on Samaria and fought against it.

And he sent messengers into the city to Ahab, King of Israel, and said to him,

Thus says Ben-Had, your silver and your gold are mine. Your best wives and children also are mine.

And the King of Israel answered, As you say, my Lord, O King, I am yours, and all that I have.

The messengers came again and said, thus said Benhad,

I sent to you saying, deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children.

Nevertheless, I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search

your house and the houses of your servants and lay hands on whatever pleases you and take it away.

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking

trouble, for he sent to me from my wives and my children and for my silver and my gold, and I did

not refuse him. And all the elders and all the people said to him, do not listen

her consent. So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, tell my lord the king, all that you first

demanded of your servant, I will do, but this thing I cannot do, and the messengers departed

and brought him word again. Ben Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of

Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me. And the king of Israel answered,

Tell him, let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off. When Ben-Had

heard this message, as he was drinking with the kings in the

booths, he said to his men, take your positions, and they took their positions against the city.

Ahab defeats Benhad. And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, thus says the Lord,

have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will give it

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