Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. We spent today in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. We open with a man

named Ben Hadad, the King of Syria, invading the Northern Kingdom. Syria is

their immediate neighbor to the northeast.

Ben Had gathers an alliance including 32 other kings or chiefs

and sends his demands to Ahab.

He wants all his wealth and the best of his women in offspring. King Ahab, ever the gentleman, says you can have him.

Okay. In the face of the military threat of Ben Hadad's massive coalition, King Ahab

agrees to give them everything they demand.

But the Syrian coalition takes things a step too far when they say they're going to come to a raid on

Ahab's palace. The elders of Israel put their foots down.

Feet down, whatever.

But then Ben Haydad is like,

you got to be kidding me.

You seriously have no idea how big my army is, do you?

You're about to find out.

And then Ahab responds,

Oh really, we'll see about that.

You might put your armor on tomorrow,

but you won't be taking it off.

This is ancient Israeli trash talk that basically amounts to a death threat.

This insights Ben Hadad, who is already three sheets to the wind.

That's unadvisable when you're trying to win a war.

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