1 Kings 20:1

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Summary

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.

Ben-hadad

Amos 1:4

Thirty and two

Daniel 2:37

And horses

Isaiah 37:24

Besieged

Bible References

Ben-hadad

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,

Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

So Asa brought out the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace and sent it to Aram’s King Ben-hadad, who lived in Damascus, saying,

I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

Thirty and two

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings who were helping him were getting drunk in the tents.

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam,

and Tidal king of Goiim

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven:

Greetings.

For he says,
“Aren’t all my commanders kings?

For this is what the Lord God says: “See, I am about to bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a vast company of troops.

Your Majesty, you are king of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

And horses

he took 600 of the best chariots and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, with officers in each one.

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, because Jabin had 900 iron chariots, and he harshly oppressed them 20 years.

The Philistines also gathered to fight against Israel: 3,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

You have mocked the Lord through your servants.
You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.

Besieged

I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.

They will besiege you within all your gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your gates throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up to besiege Samaria.

Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.