1 Kings 20
1 and Ben-hadad Ben-hadad king Syria to gather [obj] all strength: soldiers his and thirty and two king with him and horse and chariot and to ascend: rise and to confine upon Samaria and to fight in/on/with her
Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army together. There were thirty-two lesser kings with him, and horses and chariots. He went up, besieged Samaria and fought against it.
2 and to send: depart messenger to(wards) Ahab king Israel [the] city [to] and to say to/for him thus to say Ben-hadad Ben-hadad
He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Ben Hadad says this:
3 silver: money your and gold your to/for me he/she/it and woman: wife your and son: child your [the] pleasant to/for me they(masc.)
'Your silver and your gold are mine. Also your wives and children, the best ones, are now mine.'”
4 and to answer king Israel and to say like/as word: speaking your lord my [the] king to/for you I and all which to/for me
The king of Israel answered and said, “It is as you say, my master, king. I and all that I have are yours.”
5 and to return: again [the] messenger and to say thus to say Ben-hadad Ben-hadad to/for to say for to send: depart to(wards) you to/for to say silver: money your and gold your and woman: wife your and son: child your to/for me to give: give
The messengers came again and said, “Ben Hadad says this, 'I sent word to you saying that you must give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
6 for if: except like/as time tomorrow to send: depart [obj] servant/slave my to(wards) you and to search [obj] house: home your and [obj] house: home servant/slave your and to be all desire eye: appearance your to set: take in/on/with hand: themselves their and to take: take
But I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house and your servants' houses. They will seize with their own hands and take away whatever pleases their eyes.'”
7 and to call: call to king Israel to/for all old: elder [the] land: country/planet and to say to know please and to see: see for distress: harm this to seek for to send: depart to(wards) me to/for woman: wife my and to/for son: child my and to/for silver: money my and to/for gold my and not to withhold from him
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land together and said, “Please take note and see how this man seeks trouble. He has sent word to me in order to take my wives, children, and silver and gold, and I have not refused him.”
8 and to say to(wards) him all [the] old: elder and all [the] people not to hear: hear and not be willing
All the elders and all the people said to Ahab, “Do not listen to him or consent to his demands.”
9 and to say to/for messenger Ben-hadad Ben-hadad to say to/for lord my [the] king all which to send: depart to(wards) servant/slave your in/on/with first to make: do and [the] word: thing [the] this not be able to/for to make: do and to go: went [the] messenger and to return: return him word
So Ahab said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my master the king, 'I agree to everything that you sent your servant to do the first time, but I cannot accept this second demand.'” So the messengers left and took this response to Ben Hadad.
10 and to send: depart to(wards) him Ben-hadad Ben-hadad and to say thus to make: do [emph?] to/for me God and thus to add if to suffice dust Samaria to/for handful to/for all [the] people which in/on/with foot my
Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each.”
11 and to answer king Israel and to say to speak: speak not to boast: boast to gird like/as to open
The king of Israel answered and said, “Tell Ben Hadad, 'No one who is just putting on his armor, should boast as if he were taking it off.'”
12 and to be like/as to hear: hear [obj] [the] word [the] this and he/she/it to drink he/she/it and [the] king in/on/with booth and to say to(wards) servant/slave his to set: take and to set: take upon [the] city
Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings under him who were in their tents. Ben Hadad commanded his men, “Line yourselves up in position for battle.” So they prepared themselves in position of battle to attack the city.
13 and behold prophet one to approach: approach to(wards) Ahab king Israel and to say thus to say LORD to see: see [obj] all [the] crowd [the] great: large [the] this look! I to give: give him in/on/with hand: power your [the] day: today and to know for I LORD
Then behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Yahweh says, 'Have you seen this great army? Look, I will place it into your hand today, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
14 and to say Ahab in/on/with who? and to say thus to say LORD in/on/with youth ruler [the] province and to say who? to bind [the] battle and to say you(m. s.)
Ahab replied, “By whom?” Yahweh replied and said, “By the young officers who serve the governors of the districts.” Then Ahab said, “Who will begin the battle?” Yahweh answered, “You.”
15 and to reckon: list [obj] youth ruler [the] province and to be hundred two and thirty and after them to reckon: list [obj] all [the] people all son: descendant/people Israel seven thousand
Then Ahab mustered the young officers who served the governors of the districts. They numbered 232. After them he mustered all the soldiers, all the army of Israel; seven thousand in number.
16 and to come out: come in/on/with midday and Ben-hadad Ben-hadad to drink drunken in/on/with booth he/she/it and [the] king thirty and two king to help [obj] him
They went out at noon. Ben Hadad had been drinking himself drunk in his tent, he and the thirty-two lesser kings who were supporting him.
17 and to come out: come youth ruler [the] province in/on/with first and to send: depart Ben-hadad Ben-hadad and to tell to/for him to/for to say human to come out: come from Samaria
The young officers who served the governors of the districts went forward first. Then Ben Hadad was informed by scouts that he had sent out, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
18 and to say if to/for peace to come out: come to capture them alive and if to/for battle to come out: come alive to capture them
Ben Hadad said, “Whether they have come out for peace or war, take them alive.”
19 and these to come out: come from [the] city youth ruler [the] province and [the] strength: soldiers which after them
So the young officers who served the governors of the districts went out of the city and the army followed them.
20 and to smite man: anyone man his and to flee Syria and to pursue them Israel and to escape Ben-hadad Ben-hadad king Syria upon horse and horseman
Each man killed his opponent. The Arameans fled and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Aram escaped on a horse along with some horsemen.
21 and to come out: come king Israel and to smite [obj] [the] horse and [obj] [the] chariot and to smite in/on/with Syria wound great: large
Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans in a great slaughter.
22 and to approach: approach [the] prophet to(wards) king Israel and to say to/for him to go: come! to strengthen: strengthen and to know and to see: examine [obj] which to make: do for to/for turn [the] year king Syria to ascend: rise upon you
So the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and understand and plan what you are doing, because at the return of the year the king of Aram will come up against you again.”
23 and servant/slave king Syria to say to(wards) him God mountain: mount God their upon so to strengthen: strengthen from us and but to fight with them in/on/with plain if: surely yes not to strengthen: strengthen from them
The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.
24 and [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this to make: do to turn aside: remove [the] king man: anyone from place his and to set: put governor underneath: instead them
So you must do this: Remove all the kings from their positions of authority and replace them with military commanders.
25 and you(m. s.) to count to/for you strength: soldiers like/as strength: soldiers [the] to fall: fall from [obj] you and horse like/as horse and chariot like/as chariot and to fight [obj] them in/on/with plain if: surely yes not to strengthen: strengthen from them and to hear: hear to/for voice their and to make: do so
Raise up an army like the army you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight them in the plain. Then surely we will be stronger than they are.” So Ben Hadad listened to their advice and did what they advised.
26 and to be to/for turn [the] year and to reckon: list Ben-hadad Ben-hadad [obj] Syria and to ascend: rise Aphek [to] to/for battle with Israel
After the beginning of the new year, Ben Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
27 and son: descendant/people Israel to reckon: list and to sustain and to go: went to/for to encounter: toward them and to camp son: descendant/people Israel before them like/as two little flock goat and Syria to fill [obj] [the] land: country/planet
The people of Israel were mustered and supplied to fight against them. The people of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the countryside.
28 and to approach: approach man [the] God and to say to(wards) king Israel and to say thus to say LORD because which to say Syria God mountain: mount LORD and not God valley he/she/it and to give: give [obj] all [the] crowd [the] great: large [the] this in/on/with hand: power your and to know for I LORD
Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, “Yahweh says: 'Because the Arameans have said that Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys, I will place this great army into your hand, and you will know that I am Yahweh.'”
29 and to camp these before these seven day and to be in/on/with day [the] seventh and to present: come [the] battle and to smite son: descendant/people Israel [obj] Syria hundred thousand on foot in/on/with day one
So the armies camped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle started. The people of Israel killed 100,000 Aramean footmen in one day.
30 and to flee [the] to remain Aphek [to] to(wards) [the] city and to fall: fall [the] wall upon twenty and seven thousand man [the] to remain and Ben-hadad Ben-hadad to flee and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] city chamber in/on/with chamber
The rest fled to Aphek, into the city, and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner room.
31 and to say to(wards) him servant/slave his behold please to hear: hear for king house: household Israel for king kindness they(masc.) to set: put please sackcloth in/on/with loin our and cord in/on/with head our and to come out: come to(wards) king Israel perhaps to live [obj] soul: life your
Ben Hadad's servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
32 and to gird sackcloth in/on/with loin their and cord in/on/with head their and to come (in): come to(wards) king Israel and to say servant/slave your Ben-hadad Ben-hadad to say to live please soul: life my and to say still he alive brother: compatriot my he/she/it
So they put sackcloth on their waists and ropes around their heads and then went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad said, 'Please let me live.'” Ahab said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
33 and [the] human to divine and to hasten and to catch from him and to say brother: compatriot your Ben-hadad Ben-hadad and to say to come (in): come to take: bring him and to come out: come to(wards) him Ben-hadad Ben-hadad and to ascend: rise him upon [the] chariot
Now the men were listening for any sign from Ahab, so they quickly answered him, “Yes, your brother Ben Hadad is alive.” Then Ahab said, “Go and bring him.” Then Ben Hadad came to him, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
34 and to say to(wards) him [the] city which to take: take father my from with father your to return: rescue and outside to set: make to/for you in/on/with Damascus like/as as which to set: make father my in/on/with Samaria and I in/on/with covenant to send: let go you and to cut: make(covenant) to/for him covenant and to send: let go him
Ben Hadad said to Ahab, “I will restore to you the cities that my father took from your father, and you may make markets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab replied, “I will let you go with this covenant.” So Ahab made a covenant with him and then let him go.
35 and man one from son: child [the] prophet to say to(wards) neighbor his in/on/with word LORD to smite me please and to refuse [the] man to/for to smite him
A certain man, one of the sons of the prophets, said to one of his fellow prophets by the word of Yahweh, “Please hit me.” But the man refused to hit him.
36 and to say to/for him because which not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD look! you to go: went from with me and to smite you [the] lion and to go: went from beside him and to find him [the] lion and to smite him
Then the prophet said to his fellow prophet, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.” As soon as that man had left him, a lion came upon him and killed him.
37 and to find man another and to say to smite me please and to smite him [the] man to smite and to wound
Then the prophet found another man and said, “Please hit me.” So the man hit him and wounded him.
38 and to go: went [the] prophet and to stand: stand to/for king (upon *LH) [the] way: road and to search in/on/with bandage upon eye his
Then the prophet left and waited for the king by the road; he had disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
39 and to be [the] king to pass and he/she/it to cry to(wards) [the] king and to say servant/slave your to come out: come in/on/with entrails: among [the] battle and behold man to turn aside: turn aside and to come (in): bring to(wards) me man and to say to keep: guard [obj] [the] man [the] this if to reckon: missing to reckon: missing and to be soul: life your underneath: instead soul: life his or talent silver: money to weigh
As the king passed by, the prophet cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the heat of the battle, and a soldier stopped and brought a man to me and said, 'Watch this man. If by any means he goes missing, your life will be given for his life, or you must pay a talent of silver.'
40 and to be servant/slave your to make: do here/thus and here/thus and he/she/it nothing he and to say to(wards) him king Israel so justice: judgement your you(m. s.) to decide
But because your servant was busy going here and there, the man escaped.” Then the king of Israel said to him, “This is what your punishment will be—you yourself have decided it.”
41 and to hasten and to turn aside: remove [obj] [the] bandage (from upon *Qk) eye his and to recognize [obj] him king Israel for from [the] prophet he/she/it
Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
42 and to say to(wards) him thus to say LORD because to send: let go [obj] man devoted thing my from hand: power and to be soul: life your underneath: instead soul: life his and people your underneath: instead people his
The prophet said to the king, “Yahweh says, 'Because you have let go from your hand the man whom I had sentenced to death, your life will take the place of his life, and your people for his people.'”
43 and to go: went king Israel upon house: palace his stubborn and vexed and to come (in): come Samaria [to]
So the king of Israel went to his house resentful and angry, and arrived in Samaria.
