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Ahab Defeats the Syrians

¹Now ⚓Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged ⚓Samaria, and made war against it. ²Then he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, and said to him, “Thus says Ben-Hadad: ³‘Your silver and your gold are mine; your loveliest wives and children are mine.’ ”
⁴And the king of Israel answered and said, “My lord, O king, just as you say, I and all that I have are yours.”
⁵Then the messengers came back and said, “Thus speaks Ben-Hadad, saying, ‘Indeed I have sent to you, saying, “You shall deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children”; ⁶but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants. And it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they will put it in their hands and take it.’ ”
⁷So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him.”
⁸And all the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen or consent.”
⁹Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’ ”
And the messengers departed and brought back word to him.
¹⁰Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, ⚓“The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people who follow me.”
¹¹So the king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor⚓boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”
¹²And it happened when Ben-Hadad heard this message, as he and the kings were⚓drinking at the command post, that he said to his servants, “Get ready.” And they got ready to attack the city.
¹³Suddenly a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, ⚓I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’ ”
¹⁴So Ahab said, “By whom?”
And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘By the young leaders of the provinces.’ ”
Then he said, “Who will set the battle in order?”
And he answered, “You.”
¹⁵Then he mustered the young leaders of the provinces, and there were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he mustered all the people, all the children of Israel—seven thousand.
¹⁶So they went out at noon. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings helping him were ⚓getting drunk at the command post. ¹⁷The young leaders of the provinces went out first. And Ben-Hadad sent out a patrol, and they told him, saying, “Men are coming out of Samaria!” ¹⁸So he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
¹⁹Then these young leaders of the provinces went out of the city with the army which followed them. ²⁰And each one killed his man; so the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the cavalry. ²¹Then the king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
²²And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, ⚓for in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.”

The Syrians Again Defeated

²³Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they. ²⁴So do this thing: Dismiss the kings, each from his position, and put captains in their places; ²⁵and you shall muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.”
And he listened to their voice and did so.
²⁶So it was, in the spring of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to ⚓Aphek to fight against Israel. ²⁷And the children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and they went against them. Now the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Syrians filled the ⚓countryside.
²⁸Then a ⚓man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lordis God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,” therefore ⚓I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’ ” ²⁹And they encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was that on the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day. ³⁰But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left.
And Ben-Hadad fled and went into the city, into an inner chamber.

Ahab’s Treaty with Ben-Hadad

³¹Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us ⚓put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.” ³²So they wore sackcloth around their waists and put ropes around their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’ ”
And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
³³Now the men were watching closely to see whether any sign of mercy would come from him; and they quickly grasped at this word and said, “Your brother Ben-Hadad.”
So he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-Hadad came out to him; and he had him come up into the chariot.
³⁴So Ben-Hadad said to him, ⚓“The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.”
Then Ahab said, “I will send you away with this treaty.” So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

Ahab Condemned

³⁵Now a certain man of ⚓the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor ⚓by the word of the Lord, “Strike me, please.” And the man refused to strike him. ³⁶Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, surely, as soon as you depart from me, a lion shall kill you.” And as soon as he left him, ⚓a lion found him and killed him.
³⁷And he found another man, and said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him, inflicting a wound. ³⁸Then the prophet departed and waited for the king by the road, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes. ³⁹Now ⚓as the king passed by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and there, a man came over and brought a man to me, and said, ‘Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, ⚓your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’ ⁴⁰While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.”
Then the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.”
⁴¹And he hastened to take the bandage away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. ⁴²Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ⚓‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
⁴³So the king of Israel ⚓went to his house sullen and displeased, and came to Samaria.

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Y-Ahap Tâm Lơh Đah Phung Syri

¹Y-Ben Hadat hađăch n'gor Syri rgum lĕ rngôch phung tahan păng; ndrel ma păng geh pe jê̆t ma bar hađăch êng tâm rnglăp đah păng. Khân păng geh âk seh jêh ri ndeh seh. Hađăch nây leo tahan hăn hao tât ƀon Samari, nchueng ƀon nây jêh ri lơh ôbăl. ²Păng prơh phung mbơh lăp tâm ƀon mâp đah Y-Ahap hađăch Israel, jêh ri lah ma păng: "Pô aơ nau Y-Ben Hadat lah: ³'Prăk jêh ri mah may jêng ndơ gâp. Phung ur dŭt ueh may jêh ri kon may jêng ndơ gâp."
⁴Hađăch Israel plơ̆ lah: "Tĭng nâm may lah, Hơi kôranh gâp hađăch, gâp jêng ndơ may jêh ri lĕ rngôch ndơ gâp geh." ⁵Phung mbơh plơ̆ tay đŏng jêh ri lah: "Y-Ben Hadat lah pô aơ: "Gâp prơh phung mbơh ăn may gĭt: Jao hom ma gâp prăk jêh ri mah may, phung ur jêh ri phung kon may, "6 ƀiălah ôi taơ tâm di mông aơ gâp mra prơh hăn phung oh mon gâp tât ma may. Khân păng mra joi tâm ngih vâl may jêh ri ngih phung oh mon may, moh ntil ndơ khân păng ŭch jêh ri djôt leo ndơ nây."
⁷Pôri hađăch Israel kuăl rgum lĕ rngôch phung bu bŭnh buranh tâm n'gor jêh ri lah: "Khân may sek uănh hom aƀaơ. Uănh mâm bu klâu aơ joi nau gay ƀư uh ah; yorlah păng prơh hăn bu ma gâp gay ăn gâp jao phung ur gâp, phung kon gâp, prăk gâp jêh ri mah gâp ma păng, jêh ri gâp mâu rlăch dun ôh đah păng."
⁸Nôk nây lĕ rngôch phung bu bŭnh bu ranh jêh ri phung ƀon lan lah ma păng:
"Lơi dĭng iăt mâu lah tông nau păng ôh." ⁹Pô nây Y-Ahap plơ̆ lah ma phung mbơh nau Y-Ben Hadat prơh hăn: "Mbơh hom ma kôranh gâp hađăch pô aơ: 'Lĕ rngôch nau may ntĭnh ma oh mon may mbơh ma gâp ntơm saơm gâp mra ƀư, ƀiălah aƀaơ aơ gâp mâu dơi ƀư ôh?" Phung păng prơh hăn leo nkoch nau nây ma Y-Ben Hadat.
¹⁰Y-Ben Hadat prơh hăn bunuyh êng đŏng tât ma Y-Ahap jêh ri lah: "Ăn phung brah ƀư ma gâp ăn hâu lơn đŏng, tơlah ndruyh neh ta ƀon Samari mra ăn ăp bunuyh tâm lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan tĭng ndô̆ gâp, ăp nơm dơi geh du mbăt klâm."
¹¹Hađăch Israel plơ̆ lah: "Mbơh hom ma păng: Lơi ăn nơm nsoh ao loih tâm rnê ma păng nơm ôh nâm bu nơm doh lơi ao nây." ¹²Tơlah Y-Ben Hadat tăng nau mbơh nây dôl păng gŭ nhêt ndrel ma phung hađăch tâm ndưp rmlak, păng lah ma phung tahan păng: "Gŭ hom khân may ta ntŭk tâm lơh." Jêh ri khân păng gŭ ta ntŭk khân păng tâm lơh đah ƀon nây. ¹³Aơ du huê kôranh nơm mbơh lor văch êp Y-Ahap hađăch Israel jêh ri lah: "Yêhôva lah pô aơ: 'May saơ đŏng lĕ rngôch phung âk aơ? Uănh hom, nar aơ gâp mra jao păng tâm ti may, gay may gĭt ma gâp jêng Yêhôva?"
¹⁴Y-Ahap lah: "Ma mbu nơm may mra jao khân păng?" Păng lah: "Yêhôva lah pô aơ: Ma phung oh mon, tâm dâng phung kôranh nkual." Jêh ri Y-Ahap ôp tay:
"Mbu nơm ntơm tâm lơh?" Păng plơ̆ lah: "May ro yơh". ¹⁵Pô ri Y-Ahap rgum ro lĕ rngôch phung oh mon phung kôranh tâm dâng nkual, jêh ri geh bar rhiăng pe jê̆t ma bar nuyh. Păng rgum đŏng lĕ rngôch phung Israel, geh pơh rbăn nuyh gay kâp kơl tay đŏng. ¹⁶Dôl nklang bôk nar, khân păng hăn rduh lơh. Nôk nây Y-Ben Hadat jêh ri pe jê̆t ma bar phung hađăch băl kơl păng dôl gŭ nhêt ndrănh jêh ri nhŭl tâm trôm ndưp rmlak. ¹⁷Phung oh mon, phung kôranh tâm dâng nkual luh hăn lor. Y-Ben Hadat prơh bunuyh hăn n'hut, jêh ri khân ôbăl mbơh ma păng: "Geh bunuyh luh tă bơh ƀon Samari." ¹⁸Păng lah: "Tơlah khân păng luh du ma nau đăp mpăn, ăn khân may nhŭp rêh; mâu lah tơlah khân păng luh du ma nau tâm lơh ăt khân may nhŭp rêh đŏng." ¹⁹Pô ri phung nây luh tă bơh ƀon, phung oh mon, phung kôranh tâm dâng nkual jêh ri phung tahan tĭng ndô̆ khân păng.
²⁰Ăp nơm nkhĭt mbu bunuyh păng mâp. Phung Syri nchuăt du, jêh ri phung Israel tĭng khân păng. Ƀiălah Y-Ben Hadat hađach Syri du ncho seh ndrel ma phung tahan ncho seh. ²¹Jêh ri hađăch Israel hăn luh, nhŭp seh jêh ri ndeh seh, lơh nkhĭt phung Syri âk ngăn. ²²Nôk nây kôranh nơm mbơh lor văch tât dăch ma hađăch Israel jêh ri lah ma păng: "Hăn hom, ƀư katang phung tahan may jêh ri sek uănh ăn nanê̆ moh nau may mra ƀư, yorlah ta yan kao si hađăch syri mra văch tâm lơh đah may."
²³Phung oh mon hađăch syri lah ma păng: "Phung brah khân păng jêng brah yôk, yor nây khân păng jêng katang lơn ma he. Ƀiălah ăn he tâm lơh đah khân păng tâm ntŭk neh lâng, jêh ri nanê̆ ngăn he mra jêng katang lơn ma khân păng.
²⁴Ăn hađăch ƀư pô aơ: "Tâm rgâl hom phung hađăch ăp nơm bơh ntŭk khân păng, jêh ri dơm phung kôranh tahan ta ntŭk khân păng. ²⁵Ăn may njêng tay du phung tahan ăn tâm ban ma tahan may lĕ roh jêh, seh ntrok seh jêh ri ndeh seh ntrok ndeh seh. Pô nây he mra tâm lơh đah khân păng tâm ntŭk neh lâng, jêh ri nanê̆ ngăn he mra jêng katang lơn jêh ri ƀư tâm ban pô nây.
²⁶Tâm yan kao si Y-Ben Hadat riu tahan phung Syri, jêh ri hăn hao rlet ma ƀon Aphek gay tâm lơh đah phung Israel. ²⁷Phung ƀon lan Israel riu jêh phung tahan jêh ri ndrăp ndơ sông sa ma khân păng, jêh ri khân păng hăn tâm lơh đah phung syri. Phung Israel ƀư pôih tra panăp phung Syri nâm bu bar phung bê ƀhôi dơm, ƀiă lah phung syri bêng lam n'gor bri. ²⁸Geh du huê bunuyh Brah Ndu văch tât jêh ri lah ma hađăch Israel: "Yêhôva lah pô aơ: 'Yor lah phung syri hŏ lah: "Yêhôva jêng du huê brah yôk ƀiălah păng mâu jêng ôh brah rlŭng, "yor nây gâp mra jao phung âk râk aơ tâm ti may, jêh ri may mra gĭt ma gâp jêng Yêhôva." ²⁹Bar phung ƀư pôih tâm tra năp ndrel dôl pơh nar. Tăch năng pơh khân păng tâm lơh; jêh ri phung ƀon lan Israel nkhĭt phung syri du rsen nuyh tahan brô̆ jâng tâm du nar. ³⁰Phung hôm klen nchuăt du krap tâm ƀon Aphek; ƀiălah mpêr klưh rlâm nklâm bar rmưn pơh rbăn nuyh tahan hôm klen nây. Y-Ben Hadat nchuăt du đŏng, jêh ri lăp tâm du jrô tâm ƀon.
³¹Phung oh mon păng lah ma păng: "Hên tăng bu lah jêh hađăch ngih Israel jêng hađăch blau yô̆. Ăn he nsrôt ƀau ta gang bŭt he jêh ri mpân rse brăt ta bôk he, jêh nây hăn ran ma hađăch Israel: Klăp lah păng mra rong rêh ăn may."
³²Pôri khân păng nsrôt ƀau ta gang bŭt khân păng jêh ri mpân rse brăt ta bôk khân păng, hăn ran ma hađăch Israel jêh ri lah: "Oh mon may Y-Ben Hadat lah: 'Gâp dăn ma may, om gâp rêh." Hađăch Israel lah: "Păng hôm e rêh lĕ? Păng jêng oh nâu gâp." ³³Phung bunuyh nây saơ geh nau mbên ueh, jêh ri khân păng dơm gơnh ro nau nây jêh ri lah: "Ơ, Y-Ben Hadat jêng oh nâu may." Hađăch Ahap lah tay đŏng:
"Hăn hôm djôt leo păng." Pô ri Y-Ben Hadat hăn ma păng; jêh ri păng ăn ôbăl ncho ndeh seh. ³⁴Y-Ben-Hadat lah ma Y-Ahap: "Gâp mra mplơ̆ lĕ ƀon mbơ̆ gâp sŏk jêh tă bơh mbơ̆ may; jêh ri may dơi ndâk ngih tăch drăp ma may nơm tâm ƀon Damas, nâm bu mbơ̆ gâp hŏ ƀư tâm ƀon Samari." Y-Ahap lah: Gâp sŏk dơn nau may hŏ tâm nkol aơ jêh ri mra ăn may hăn sĭt." Pô nây Y-Ahap ƀư nau tâm nkol đah Y-Ben Hadat jêh ri ăn Y-Ben Hadat jêh ri ăn Y-Ben Hadat hăn sĭt.
³⁵Du huê tâm phung kon buklâu phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor lah ma băl păng tĭng nâm nau Yêhôva ntĭnh: "Gâp dăn ma may, dong hom gâp. Ƀiă lah buklâu nây dun mâu ŭch dong. ³⁶Pônây păng lah ma ôbăl: "Yorlah may mâu tông ôh bâr Yêhôva, yor nây tơlah may tâm ƀah đah gâp, pôri yau mŭr mra kăp nkhĭt may." Bunuyh nây tâm nkhah đah păng, tâm mâp ro đah du mlâm yau mŭr jêh ri yau mŭr kăp nkhĭt ôbăl. ³⁷Jêh ri du huê kôranh nơm mbơh lor nây tâm mâp tay đah du huê êng, jêh ri lah: "Gâp dăn may dong lơi gâp." Buklâu nây dong ro păng jêh ri ƀư ăn păng sôt.
³⁸Jêh nây kôranh nơm mbơh lor nây dâk hăn, gŭ kâp hađăch êp meng trong; păng sŏk bok put muh măt gay n'hi săk jêng du huê bu nuyh êng. ³⁹Dôl hađăch hăn rgăn păng nter ma hađăch jêh ri lah: "Oh mon may hăn luh ta nklang ntŭk tâm lơh, jêh ri ta aơ, geh du huê tahan ueh njŭn du huê bunuyh ma gâp jêh ri lah: 'Sâm njrăng mât buklâu aơ. Tơlah păng du hêng, nau rêh may mra ntrok nau rêh păng, mâu lah may mra ntrok du ta lâng prăk.' ⁴⁰Jêh ri dôl oh mon may pah kan ta aơ ta ri, buklâu nây du hêt." Hađăch Israel lah ma păng: "Tâm ban pônây jêng nau phat dôih ma may. May nơm hŏ ton êng ma may nơm." ⁴¹Jêh ri păng sŏk lơi ro bok put muh măt păng, jêh ri hađăch Israel gĭt năl păng jêng du huê tâm phung kôranh nơm mbơh lor.
⁴²Jêh ri păng lah ma hađăch: Yêhôva lah pô aơ: 'Yorlah may mƀơk lơi bơh ti may bunuyh gâp jao jêh ma nau ƀư rai lơi, pônây nau rêh may mra ntrok nau rêh păng, jêh ri nau rêh phung ƀon lan may ntrok nau rêh phung ƀon lan păng."
⁴³Jêh nây hađăch sĭt ma ngih păng ta ƀon samari, rngot ngăn jêh ri ji nuih.