H9002–/וְ–v

Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.

וְכֹ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened, when [supplied: Ben Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set [supplied: yourselves in array]. They set [supplied: themselves in array] against the city.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמְּלָכִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.

וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנַ֥יִם (וּ) u. “and”

He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

וְאִ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”

So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַחַ֖יִל (וְ) ve. “and”

They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.

וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.

וְדַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְאֵ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

וְעַבְדֵ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאוּלָ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their room;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׂ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”

and number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. He listened to their voice, and did so.

וְאַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְס֣וּס (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֶ֣כֶב (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְכָלְכְּל֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲרָ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”

His servants said to him, See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life.

וַחֲבָלִ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”וְנֵצֵא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [supplied: put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Ben Hadad says, please let me live. He said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

וַחֲבָלִ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”

Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to catch whether it were his mind; and they said, Your brother Ben Hadad. Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Ben Hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

[supplied: Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [supplied: said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

וְ֠חוּצוֹת (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וַאֲנִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, Please strike me. The man refused to strike him.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he found another man, and said, Please strike me. The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

וּפָצֹֽעַ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.

וָהֵ֖נָּה (וָ) va. “and”וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.

וְעַמְּךָ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”