20:1 Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria 4 and besieged and attacked it. 5
20:5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.”
20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely 6 if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” 7
1 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “he struck down.”
3 tn Heb “and all Kinnereth together with all the land of Naphtali.”
4 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
5 tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”
7 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
8 tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”
10 tn Heb “When he heard this word.”
11 tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.
13 tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”
14 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”