1 Kings 20:13-21
The Lord Delivers Israel
20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”
20:14 Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.”
20:15 So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.
20:16 They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily in their quarters.
20:17 The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
20:18 He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”
20:19 They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them.
20:20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen.
20:21 Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria.
1 Kings 20:28-30
20:28 The prophet
visited the king of Israel and said, “This is what the
Lord says: ‘Because the Syrians said, “The
Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will hand over to you this entire huge army.
Then you will know that I am the
Lord.’”
20:29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day.
20:30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
1 Kings 20:1
Ben Hadad Invades Israel
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 and besieged and attacked it.
1 Kings 19:14-15
19:14 He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal
to the
Lord, the sovereign God,
even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you,
torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”
19:15 The
Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.
1 Kings 19:2
19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,
“May the gods judge me severely
if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”
1 Kings 13:5-16
13:5 The altar split open and the ashes
fell from the altar to the ground,
in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the
Lord’s authority.
13:6 The king pled with
the prophet,
“Seek the favor of
the
Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the
Lord’s favor
and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition.
13:7 The king then said to the prophet, “Come home with me and have something to eat. I’d like to give a present.”
13:8 But the prophet said to the king, “Even if you were to give me half your possessions,
I could not go with you and eat and drink
in this place.
13:9 For the
Lord gave me strict orders,
‘Do not eat or drink
there and do not go home the way you came.’”
13:10 So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel.
13:11 Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told their father everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king.
13:12 Their father asked them, “Which road did he take?” His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken.
13:13 He then told his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it
13:14 and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the prophet from Judah?” He answered, “Yes, I am.”
13:15 He then said to him, “Come home with me and eat something.”
13:16 But he replied, “I can’t go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place.