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And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings that helped him.

בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם (בַּֽ) ba. “at the”בַּסֻּכּ֗וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

בַאֲרָ֖ם (בַ) va. “among”

And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them on the plateau, shall we not be stronger than they?

בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them on the plateau: shall we not be stronger than they? And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.

בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And the man of God drew near, and spoke to the king of Israel and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Because the Syrians have said, Jehovah is a god of the mountains, but he is not a god of the valleys, I will give all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they encamped one over against the other seven days; and it came to pass that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel smote of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them that were left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, [supplied: from] chamber to chamber.

בְּחָֽדֶר׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save thy life.

בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ (בְּ) be. “on”

And they girded sackcloth on their loins, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-Hadad says, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “on”

And [supplied: Ben-Hadad] said to him, The cities that my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I [supplied: said Ahab] will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבְּרִ֣ית (בַּ) ba. “with the”

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “at”

Then said he to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, behold, when thou departest from me, the lion will slay thee. And when he had departed from him, the lion found him and slew him.

בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.

בָּאֲפֵ֖ר (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And as the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, Thy 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 thy life be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

בְקֶֽרֶב־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And it came to pass after these things, [supplied: that] Naboth the Jizreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jizreel, by the side of the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אל (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near, by the side of my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; if it seem good to thee, I will give thee its value in money.

בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jizreelite and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard for it; and he said, I will not give thee my vineyard.

בְּכֶ֔סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”

And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּחֹתָמ֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “with”בְּעִיר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;

בַּסְּפָרִ֖ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:

בְּעִיר֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּסְּפָרִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

בָאֲבָנִ֖ים (בָ) va. “with <the>”

And it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

בְכֶ֔סֶף (בְ) ve. “for”

Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן (בְּ) be. “[is] in”בְּכֶ֣רֶם (בְּ) be. “[he is] in”