I Kings 20:15
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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Judges 7:7Judges 7:16I Samuel 14:6II Chronicles 14:11I Kings 19:18I Samuel 14:2II Kings 13:7Psalms 106:40Psalms 106:41Psalms 106:42Psalms 106:43
Numbers 1:44I Chronicles 23:3Numbers 7:2Numbers 2:32Numbers 3:22Numbers 3:39