¹⁶ 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.

⁷ Moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.

⁹ His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah:

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.

¹² It happened, when [Ben Hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. They set [themselves in array] against the city.

²⁹ Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

³⁰ Those who stay long at the wine; Those who go to seek out mixed wine.

³¹ Don't look at the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly:

³² In the end, it bites like a snake, And poisons like a viper.

¹⁶ Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, And your princes eat in the morning!

¹⁷ Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes eat in due season, For strength, and not for drunkenness!

¹⁵ Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall because of you.

¹¹ Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.