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12 When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking(A) in their quarters,[a] he said to his servants, ‘Take your positions.’ So they took their positions against the city.

13 A prophet approached King Ahab of Israel and said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Do you see this whole huge army? Watch, I am handing it over to you today so that you may know that I am the Lord.” ’(B)

14 Ahab asked, ‘By whom? ’

And the prophet said, ‘This is what the Lord says: “By the young men of the provincial leaders.” ’

Then he asked, ‘Who is to start the battle? ’(C)

He said, ‘You.’

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Footnotes

  1. 20:12 Lit booths, also in v. 16