^{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.