I Kings 20:12
The Scripture
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First Kings 20 records Ben-hadad king of Syria besieging Samaria with thirty-two allied kings and demanding Ahab's silver, gold, women, and children, then escalating his demands until Ahab refuses. A prophet delivers God's word that Ahab will defeat the vast Syrian host, and Israel's young men strike down the Syrians while Ben-hadad escapes, with a second victory the next year at Aphek after the Syrians arrogantly claim the Lord is only a god of the hills. When Ahab spares Ben-hadad and makes a treaty, a prophet condemns him: because he let the man God devoted to destruction go free, Ahab's life will pay for his, and Ahab returns to Samaria heavy and displeased.
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I Kings 20:16I Kings 16:9I Samuel 25:36II Samuel 13:28Proverbs 31:4Proverbs 31:5Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:30Luke 21:34Ephesians 5:18Jeremiah 43:10
Judges 20:22I Chronicles 19:17II Chronicles 13:3Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 50:14I Kings 20:16