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And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

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

And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad 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 unto him, Their gods are gods 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.

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 in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

בַּמִּישׁ֔וֹר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

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

But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

בְּחָֽדֶר׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And his servants said unto 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: peradventure he will save thy life.

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

So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, 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 Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I 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 unto his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

בִּדְבַ֥ר (בִּ) bi “at”

Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

בְּק֣וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

בָּאֲפֵ֖ר (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

בְקֶֽרֶב־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

בְּיִזְרְעֶ֑אל (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

בְּכֶ֔סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto 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 letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

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

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

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

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then 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 Jezreelite, 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, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

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