1 Kings 20:22-30
22 Then athe prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself and know and see what you have to do; for bat the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”
23 Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “aTheir gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they. 24 Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place, 25 and you shall number a military force like the military force that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.
Israel Fights the Arameans
26 aNow it happened at the turn of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to bAphek to fight against Israel. 27 Now the sons of Israel were mustered and were provided for and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, abut the Arameans filled the land. 28 Then aa man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because the Arameans have said, “bYahweh is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys,” therefore cI will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.’” 29 So they camped one opposite the other seven days. Now it happened that on the seventh day the battle was joined, and the sons of Israel struck down of the Arameans 100,000 foot soldiers in one day. 30 But the rest fled to aAphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city binto an inner chamber.
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