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1 Kings 20:22-34

20:22

And the prophet
<05030>

came
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to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
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unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)_,

strengthen
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thyself, and mark
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and see
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what thou doest
<06213> (8799)_:

for at the return
<08666>

of the year
<08141>

the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

will come up
<05927> (8802)

against thee.

20:23

And the servants
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of the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

said
<0559> (8804)

unto him, Their gods
<0430>

[are] gods
<0430>

of the hills
<02022>_;

therefore they were stronger
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than we; but
<0199>

let us fight
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against them in the plain
<04334>_,

and surely
<03808>

we shall be stronger
<02388> (8799)

than they.

20:24

And do
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this thing
<01697>_,

Take
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the kings
<04428>

away, every man
<0376>

out of his place
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and put
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captains
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in their rooms:

20:25

And number
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thee an army
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like the army
<02428>

that thou hast lost
<05307> (8802)_,

horse
<05483>

for horse
<05483>_,

and chariot
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for chariot
<07393>_:

and we will fight
<03898> (8735)

against
<0854>

them in the plain
<04334>_,

[and] surely we shall be stronger
<02388> (8799)

than they. And he hearkened
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unto their voice
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and did so
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{that thou...: Heb. that was fallen}

20:26

And it came to pass at the return
<08666>

of the year
<08141>_,

that Benhadad
<01130>

numbered
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the Syrians
<0758>_,

and went up
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to Aphek
<0663>_,

to fight
<04421>

against Israel
<03478>_.

{to fight...: Heb. to the war with Israel}

20:27

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

were numbered
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and were all present
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and went
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against
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them: and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

pitched
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before them like two
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little flocks
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of kids
<05795>_;

but the Syrians
<0758>

filled
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the country
<0776>_.

{were all...: or, were nourished}

20:28

And there came
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a man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_,

and spake
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Because the Syrians
<0758>

have said
<0559> (8804)_,

The LORD
<03068>

[is] God
<0430>

of the hills
<02022>_,

but he [is] not God
<0430>

of the valleys
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therefore will I deliver
<05414> (8804)

all this great
<01419>

multitude
<01995>

into thine hand
<03027>_,

and ye shall know
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that I [am] the LORD
<03068>_.

20:29

And they pitched
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one
<0428>

over against
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the other
<0428>

seven
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days
<03117>_.

And [so] it was, that in the seventh
<07637>

day
<03117>

the battle
<04421>

was joined
<07126> (8799)_:

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

slew
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of the Syrians
<0758>

an hundred
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thousand
<0505>

footmen
<07273>

in one
<0259>

day
<03117>_.

20:30

But the rest
<03498> (8737)

fled
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to Aphek
<0663>_,

into the city
<05892>_;

and [there] a wall
<02346>

fell
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upon twenty
<06242>

and seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>

of the men
<0376>

[that were] left
<03498> (8737)_.

And Benhadad
<01130>

fled
<05127> (8804)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

into the city
<05892>_,

into an inner
<02315>

chamber
<02315>_.

{into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}

20:31

And his servants
<05650>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold now, we have heard
<08085> (8804)

that the kings
<04428>

of the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

[are] merciful
<02617>

kings
<04428>_:

let us, I pray thee, put
<07760> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

on our loins
<04975>_,

and ropes
<02256>

upon our heads
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and go out
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to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_:

peradventure he will save
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thy life
<05315>_.

20:32

So they girded
<02296> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

on their loins
<04975>_,

and [put] ropes
<02256>

on their heads
<07218>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy servant
<05650>

Benhadad
<01130>

saith
<0559> (8804)_,

I pray thee, let me live
<02421> (8799) <05315>_.

And he said
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[Is] he yet alive
<02416>_?

he [is] my brother
<0251>_.

20:33

Now the men
<0582>

did diligently observe
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whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily
<04116> (8762)

catch
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[it]: and they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy brother
<0251>

Benhadad
<01130>_.

Then he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go
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ye, bring
<03947> (8798)

him. Then Benhadad
<01130>

came forth
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to him; and he caused him to come up
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into the chariot
<04818>_.

20:34

And [Benhadad] said
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unto him, The cities
<05892>_,

which my father
<01>

took
<03947> (8804)

from thy father
<01>_,

I will restore
<07725> (8686)_;

and thou shalt make
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streets
<02351>

for thee in Damascus
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as my father
<01>

made
<07760> (8804)

in Samaria
<08111>_.

Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away
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with this covenant
<01285>_.

So he made
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a covenant
<01285>

with him, and sent him away
<07971> (8762)_.

{streets: or, market places}