for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.

He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.