Discovery Box| (0.22) | 1Ki 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 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:5 |
| The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent this message to you, “You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons.” |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:10 |
| Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely 1 if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” 2 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:12 |
| When Ben Hadad received this reply, 1 he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. 2 He ordered his servants, “Get ready to attack!” So they got ready to attack the city. |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:14 |
| Ahab asked, “By whom will this be accomplished?” 1 He answered, “This is what the Lord says, ‘By the servants of the district governors.’” Ahab 2 asked, “Who will launch the attack?” He answered, “You will.” |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:15 |
| So Ahab 1 assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. 2 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 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.” 1 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:22 |
| The prophet 1 visited the king of Israel and instructed him, “Go, fortify your defenses. 2 Determine 3 what you must do, for in the spring 4 the king of Syria will attack 5 you.” |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:23 |
| Now the advisers 1 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. |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:27 |
| When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks 1 of goats, but the Syrians filled the land. |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 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. |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:30 |
| The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. 1 Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. 2 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:35 |
| One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, “Wound me!” 1 But the man refused to wound him. |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:40 |
| Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.” 1 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 20:42 |
| The prophet 1 then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’” 2 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 21:7 |
| His wife Jezebel said to him, “You are the king of Israel! 1 Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. 2 I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.” |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 21:8 |
| She wrote out orders, 1 signed Ahab’s name to them, 2 and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders 3 to the leaders 4 and to the nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 5 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 21:10 |
| Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 21:11 |
| The men of the 1 city, the leaders 2 and the nobles who lived there, 3 followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. 4 |
| (0.22) | 1Ki 21:16 |
| When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, 1 he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. |
