1 Kings 20:13-25 - Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad
13 And behold there came a Prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Seest thou all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into thine hand this day, that thou mayest know that I am the LORD.'"
14 And Ahab said, "By whom?" And he said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Even by the men of the governors of the shires.'" And Ahab said, "Who shall join battle?" And he said, "Thou."
15 Then he numbered the men of the governors of the shires: and they were two hundred and thirty two. And after them he numbered all the people, and all the children of Israel were seven thousand. 16 And they went out at noon when Benhadad was a drinking strong drink in the pavilions with the thirty two kings that holp him. 17 And the men of the sheriffs of the shires went out first. And Benhadad sent out, and they showed him, saying, "There came men out of Samaria."
18 And he said, "If they come out for peace, take them alive.
19 And also if they come for war, take them yet alive." And when those men of the sheriffs of the shires were come out of the city and the Host after them, 20 they slew every one of them his man. And the Syrians fled, and Israel followed after them. And Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with his horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out and smote horse and chariot, and slew a great slaughter of the Syrians.
22 Then there came a Prophet to the king of Israel, and said to him, "Go forth and play the man: be wise and take heed what thou doest. For when the year is about, the king of Syria will come against thee again."
23 Then said the servants of the kings of Syria to him, "The gods of the hills are their gods, and therefore they had the better of us. But let us fight with them in the plain, and for what ye will, we shall have the better of them. 24 And this do: take the kings away every man out of his place, and put dukes in their rooms. 25 And do thou number thee a host, like the host that thou hast lost, and horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and let us fight with them in the plain; and for a wager, we get the better of them." And the king hearkened unto their voice and did even so.