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 ¹  and besieged and attacked it. ² 

1 Kings 20:22-23

The Lord Gives Israel Another Victory

20:22 The prophet ³  visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. ⁴  Determine ⁵  what you must do, for in the spring ⁶  the king of Syria will attack ⁷  you.” 20:23 Now the advisers ⁸  of the king of Syria said to him: “Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.

1 Kings 20:29

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.

1 Kings 22:31

22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; ⁹  fight only the king of Israel.”

[20:1]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:1]  ² tn Heb “and he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.”

[20:22]  ³ tn The definite article indicates previous reference, that is, “the prophet mentioned earlier” (see v. 13).

[20:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “strengthen yourself.”

[20:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “know and see.”

[20:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “at the turning of the year.”

[20:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “go up against.”

[20:23]  ⁵ tn Or “servants.”

[22:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “small or great.”