^{13 Ref} 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.

^{14 Ref} Ahab said, By whom? He said, Thus says Yahweh, By the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? He answered, You.

^{15 Ref} 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.

^{16 Ref} 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.

^{17 Ref} The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out from Samaria.

^{18 Ref} He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

¹⁹ So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

^{20 Ref} 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.

^{21 Ref} The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.