1 Kings 20:13

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?¹ Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 20:19-21

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;² 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 defeated³ Syria.

1 Kings 20:28-30

20:28 The prophet⁴ 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.⁵ 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.⁶ Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.⁷

¹tn Heb “this great horde.”

²tn Heb “each struck down his man.”

³tn Heb “struck down Aram with a great striking down.”

⁴tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁵tn Heb “I will place all this great horde in your hand.”

⁶tn Heb “and the remaining ones fled to Aphek to the city and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men, the ones who remained.”

⁷tn Heb “and Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, [into] an inner room in an inner room.”