1 Kings 20:18-22 - Israel Defeats The Syrians

18 And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them. 20 And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen. 21 And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.

22 Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take care what you do, or a year from now the king of Aram will come up against you again.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain