They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily in their quarters.

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

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.

So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.