1 Kings Chapter 20 -

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And [G2532] son [G5207] of Hadad king of Syria gathered together [G4867] all [G3956] the [G3588] his force [G1411][G1473], and [G2532] thirty-two kings with [G3326] him [G1473], and [G2532] horses [G2462] and [G2532] chariots . And [G2532] they went up , and [G2532] laid siege against [G1909] Samaria, and [G2532] waged war [G4170] against [G1909] it [G1473].
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And [G2532] he sent word-conveyers (messengers) ' to [G4314] Ahab king of Israel, into [G1519] the [G3588] city [G4172], and [G2532] he said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473], Thus [G3592] says [G3004] son [G5207] of Hadad.
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the [G3588] Your silver [G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] your gold [G5553][G1473] is mine [G1699]; and [G2532] the [G3588] your wives [G1135][G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] children [G5043] of you [G1473], the [G3588] best [G2570] is mine [G1699].
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And [G2532] answered the [G3588] king of Israel] and [G2532] said [G2036], As [G2531] you have spoken [G2980], O my boss [G2962][G1473], O king , yours [G4674] I [G1473] am , and [G2532] all [G3956] my [things] the [G3588][G1699].
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And [G2532] returned the [G3588] word-conveyers (messengers) ' and [G2532] said [G2036], Thus [G3592] says [G3004] the [G3588] son [G5207] of Hadad, I [G1473] have sent to [G4314] you [G1473], saying [G3004], the [G3588] Your silver [G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] your gold [G5553][G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] your wives [G1135][G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] children [G5043] of you [G1473] you will give [G1325] to me [G1473],
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for [G3754] this [G3778] the [G3588] hour [G5610] tomorrow I will send the [G3588] my servants [G3816][G1473] to [G4314] you [G1473], and [G2532] they will search [G2045] the [G3588] your house [G3624][G1473], and [G2532] the [G3588] houses [G3624] of the [G3588] your servants [G3816][G1473]. And [G2532] it will be [that] all [G3956] the [G3588] desires of the [G3588]ir eyes [G3788][G1473], of [G1909] what [G3739] ever they should put upon with [G1911] the [G3588]ir hands [G5495][G1473], they will take [G2983].
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And [G2532] called [G2564] the [G3588] king of Israel] all [G3956] the [G3588] elders [G4245] of the [G3588] land '[G1093], and [G2532] he said [G2036], Know [G1097] indeed [G1211] and [G2532] look [at] [G1492]! that [G3754] evil [G2549] this one [G3778] seeks [G2212], for [G3754] he has sent to [G4314] me [G1473] for [G4012] the [G3588] my wives [G1135][G1473], and [G2532] for [G4012] the [G3588] my children [G5043][G1473]. And [G2532] the [G3588] my silver [G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] my gold [G5553][G1473] I have not [G3756] kept back from him [G1473].
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And [G2532] said [G2036] to him [G1473] the [G3588] elders [G4245] and [G2532] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992], You should not [G3361] hearken , and [G2532] you should not [G3361] want [G2309].
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And [G2532] he said [G2036] to the [G3588] word-conveyers (messengers) ' of son [G5207] of Hadad, Say [G3004] [to the [G3588] your boss [G2962][G1473]! All [G3956] as much as [G3745] you sent to [G4314] the [G3588] your servant [G1401][G1473] at [G1722] first [G4413], I will do [G4160]; the [G3588] but [G1161] this thing [G4487][G3778] I will not [G3756] be able [G1410] to do [G4160]. And [G2532] departed the [G3588] men and [G2532] returned to him [G1473] word [G3056].
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And [G2532] sent to [G4314] him [G1473] son [G5207] of Hadad] saying [G3004], Thus [G3592] may do [G4160] to me [G1473] the [G3588] gods '[G2316], and [G2532] thus [G3592] may they add [G4369], if [G1487] will suffice the [G3588] dirt [G5522] of Samaria] for the [G3588] handful to all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992], [to the [G3588] my footmen [G1473].
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And [G2532] answered the [G3588] king of Israel] and [G2532] said [G2036], Let it be enough [G2427]! Let not [G3361] boast [G2744] the [G3588] humpback as [G5613] the [G3588] [one] standing straight [G3717]!
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And [G2532] it came to pass [G1096] when [G3753] he answered to him [G1473] the [G3588] this word [G3056][G3778], was [G4095] drinking he [G1473] and [G2532] all [G3956] the [G3588] kings the [G3588] with [G3326] him [G1473] in [G1722] tents [G4633]. And [G2532] he said [G2036] [to the [G3588] his servants [G3816][G1473], Build [G3618] a siege mound [G5482]! And [G2532] they put [G5087] a siege mound [G5482] against [G1909] the [G3588] city [G4172].
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And [G2532] look [G2400], prophet [G4396] one [G1520] came forward [G4334] the [G3588] to Ahab king of Israel, and [G2532] he said [G2036], Thus [G3592] says [G3004] Boss '[G2962], [Have [G1487] you seen [G3708] all [G3956] the [G3588] crowd [G3793] the [G3588] great [G3173] this [G3778]? look [G2400], I [G1473] give [G1325] it [G1473] today [G4594] into [G1519] your hands [G5495][G1473]; and [G2532] you will know [G1097] that [G3754] I [am [G1473] Boss '[G2962].
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And [G2532] Ahab said [G2036], By whom [G1722][G5100]? And [G2532] he said [G2036], Thus [G3592] says [G3004] Boss '[G2962], By [G1722] the [G3588] young men [G3808] of the [G3588] rulers of the [G3588] regions [G5561]. And [G2532] Ahab said [G2036], Who [G5100] will join together for the [G3588] war [G4171]? And [G2532] he said [G2036], You [G1473].
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And [G2532] Ahab numbered [G1980] the [G3588] servants [G3816] of the [G3588] rulers of the [G3588] regions [G5561], and [G2532] they were [G1096] two hundred [G1250] thirty [G5144] and [G2532] two [G1417]. And [G2532] after [G3326] these [things] [G3778] he numbered [G1980] the [G3588] people [G2992], every [G3956] son [G5207] of power [G1411] -- seven [G2033] thousand [G5505].
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And [G2532] he went forth [G1831] at midday [G3314]. And [G2532] son [G5207] of Hadad [was] drinking [G4095] and [G2532] being intoxicated [G3184] in [G1722] Succoth, he [G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] kings , thirty [G5144] and [G2532] two [G1417] kings , the [G3588] allies with [G3326] him [G1473].
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And [G2532] came forth [G1831] the [G3588] young men [G3808], rulers of the [G3588] regions [G5561] at [G1722] first [G4413]. And [G2532] sent son [G5207] of Hadad], and [G2532] they led up to him [G1473], saying [G3004], Men have come forth [G1831] from out of [G1537] Samaria.
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And [G2532] he said [G2036] to them [G1473], If [G1487] in [G1519] peace [G1515] they come forth [G1607], seize [G4815] them [G1473] alive [G2198]! And [G2532] if [G1487] for [G1519] war [G4171] they came forth [G1831], seize [G4815] them [G1473] alive [G2198]!
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And [G2532] went forth [G1831] from [G1537] the [G3588] city [G4172] the [G3588] young men [G3808] of the [G3588] rulers of the [G3588] regions [G5561], and [G2532] for the [G3588]ce [G1411] after [G3694] them [G1473].
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And [G2532] struck [G3960] each [man [G1538] the [G3588] [one] by [G3844] him [G1473]. And [G2532] Syria fled [G5343], and [G2532] pursued [G2614] them [G1473] Israel]. And [G2532] escaped [G4982] son [G5207] of Hadad king of Syria] upon [G1909] a horse [G2462] of a horseman [G2460].
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And [G2532] came forth [G1831] the [G3588] king of Israel], and [G2532] he took [G2983] the [G3588] horses [G2462], and [G2532] the [G3588] chariots , and [G2532] he struck [G3960] calamity [G4127] a great [G3173] against [G1722] Syria.
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And [G2532] came forward [G4334] the [G3588] prophet [G4396] to [G4314] king of Israel, and [G2532] he said [G2036], Strengthen yourself [G2901], and [G2532] know [G1097], and [G2532] see [G1492] what [G5100] you will do [G4160]! for [G3754] returning [G1994] [during] the [G3588] year [G1763], son [G5207] of Hadad king of Syria will go up against [G1909] you [G1473].
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And [G2532] the [G3588] servants [G3816] of king of Syria said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473], God '[G2316] of raised-places (mountains) '[G3735] [is] the [G3588] God '[G2316] of Israel, and [G2532] not [G3756] a God '[G2316] of valleys ; on account of [G1223] this [G3778] they powered [G2901] over [G5228] us [G1473]. But if [G1437][G1161] we wage war [G4170] against them [G1473] according to [G2596] straight [plains [G2117], assuredly [G2229] we will power [G2901] over [G5228] them [G1473].
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And [G2532] the [G3588] this thing [G4487][G3778] you do [G4160]! Let depart the [G3588] kings each [G1538] to [G1519] the [G3588] his place [G5117][G1473], and [G2532] establish [G5087] in place of them [G1473] satraps !
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And [G2532] you exchange [G1473] according to [G2596] for the [G3588]ce [G1411] the [G3588] falling [G4098] from you [G1473] -- even [G2532] horse [G2462] for [G2596] the [G3588] horse [G2462], and [G2532] chariots for [G2596] the [G3588] chariots . And [G2532] we will wage war [G4170] against [G4314] them [G1473] in the [G2596] straight [plains [G2117], and [G2532] we will power [G2901] over [G5228] them [G1473]. And [G2532] he hearkened to the [G3588]ir voice [G5456][G1473], and [G2532] did [G4160] thus [G3779].
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And [G2532] it came to pass [G1096] at the return [G1994] of the [G3588] year [G1763], that [G2532] mustered [G1980] son [G5207] of Hadad the [G3588] Syria, and [G2532] he went up into [G1519] Aphek for [G1519] war [G4171] against [G1909] Israel.
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And [G2532] the [G3588] sons [G5207] of Israel were mustered [G1980], and [G2532] they came [G3854] to [G1519] meet them [G1473]. And [G2532] Israel camped right opposite them [G1473], as [G5616] two [G1417] flocks [G4168] of goats . And [G2532] Syria filled [G4130] the [G3588] land '[G1093].
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And [G2532] came forward [G4334] a man of the [G3588] God '[G2316], and [G2532] he said [G2036] to the [G3588] king of Israel, Thus [G3592] says [G3004] Boss '[G2962], Because Syria said [G2036], [is] God '[G2316] of raised-places (mountains) '[G3735] Boss '[G2962] the [G3588] God '[G2316] of Israel], and [G2532] [is] not [G3756] God '[G2316] of valleys he [G1473], that [G2532] I will give [G1325] for the [G3588]ce [G1411] the [G3588] great [G3173] this [G3778] into [G1519] hand [G5495] your [G4674], and [G2532] you will know [G1097] that [G3754] I [am [G1473] Boss '[G2962].
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And [G2532] these camped [G3778] before those [G3778] seven [G2033] days [G2250]. And [G2532] it came to pass [G1096] in [G1722] the [G3588] day [G2250] the [G3588] seventh [G1442], that [G2532] led on [G4317] the [G3588] war [G4171]. And [G2532] Israel struck [G3960] the [G3588] Syria -- a hundred [G1540] thousand [G5505] footmen in one [G1520] day [G2250].
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And [G2532] fled [G5343] the [G3588] rest [G2645] unto [G1519] Aphek, into [G1519] the [G3588] city [G4172]. And [G2532] fell [G4098] the [G3588] wall [G5038] upon [G1909] twenty [G1501] and [G2532] seven [G2033] thousand [G5505] men of the [G3588] [ones] remaining [G2645]. And [G2532] son [G5207] of Hadad fled [G5343], and [G2532] he entered [G1525] into [G1519] the [G3588] house [G3624] of the [G3588] bedroom [G2846], into [G1519] the [G3588] inner chamber [G5009].
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And [G2532] said [G2036] the [G3588] his servants [G3816][G1473] to [G4314] him [G1473], Indeed look [G2400][G1211] we heard that [G3754] kings of house [G3624] of Israel kings of compassion [G1656] are . We should place [G2007] indeed [G1211] sackcloths [G4526] upon [G1909] the [G3588] our loins [G3751][G1473], and [G2532] rough cords [G4979] upon [G1909] the [G3588] our heads [G2776][G1473], and [G2532] we should go forth [G1831] to [G4314] the [G3588] king of Israel; if by any means [G1513] he will bring forth alive [G2225] the [G3588] our lives [G5590][G1473].
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And [G2532] they girded [G4024] sackcloths [G4526] upon [G1909] the [G3588]ir loins [G3751][G1473], and [G2532] put [G5087] rough cords [G4979] upon [G1909] the [G3588]ir heads [G2776][G1473]. And [G2532] they said [G2036] to the [G3588] king of Israel, Your servant [G1401][G1473], son [G5207] of Hadad says [G3004], Let live [G2198] indeed [G1211] the [G3588] soul [G5590] of me [G1473]! And [G2532] he said [G2036], Does he [G1487] still [G2089] live [G2198]? brother he is my [G1473].
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And [G2532] the [G3588] men foretold and [G2532] hastened [G4692] and [G2532] gathered up the [G3588] word [G3056] out of [G1537] the [G3588] mouth [G4750] of him [G1473], and [G2532] they said [G2036], Your brother [G1473] son [G5207] of Hadad. And [G2532] he said [G2036], Enter [G1525], and [G2532] receive [G2983] him [G1473]! And [G2532] came forth [G1831] to [G4314] him [G1473] son [G5207] of Hadad]; and [G2532] they transported him [G1473] upon [G1909] the [G3588] chariot to [G4314] him [G1473].
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And [G2532] he said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473], the [G3588] cities [G4172] which [G3739] took [G2983] the [G3588] father [G3962] my [G1473] from [G3844] the [G3588] father [G3962] of us [G1473], I give back to you [G1473]. And [G2532] streets [G1841] you will establish [G5087] in [G1722] Damascus for yourself [G4572], as [G2531] established [G5087] the [G3588] father [G3962] of me [G1473] in [G1722] Samaria. And [G2532] I [G1473] by [G1722] covenant [G1242] will send [G1821] you out [G1473]. And [G2532] he ordained [G1303] with him [G1473] a covenant [G1242], and [G2532] sent [G1821] him out [G1473].
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And [G2532] man one [G1520] of [G1537] the [G3588] sons [G5207] of the [G3588] prophets [G4396] said [G2036] to [G4314] the [G3588] neighbor [G4139] of him [G1473], by [G1722] a word [G3056] of Boss '[G2962], Strike [G3960] me indeed [G1211][G1473]! And [G2532] not [G3756] would [G2309] the [G3588] man strike [G3960] him [G1473].
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And [G2532] he said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473], Because you hearkened not to [G3756] the [G3588] voice [G5456] of Boss '[G2962], look [G2400], [as] you [G1473] run from me [G1473], [G2532] will strike [G3960] you [G1473] a lion [G3023]. And [G2532] he went forth from him [G1473], and [G2532] found [G2147] him [G1473] a lion [G3023], and [G2532] struck [G3960] him [G1473].
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And [G2532] he finds [G2147] man another , and [G2532] he said [G2036], Strike [G3960] indeed [G1211] me [G1473]! And [G2532] struck [G3960] him [G1473] the [G3588] man , and [G2532] striking [G3960] he broke [him [G4937].
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And [G2532] went [G4198] the [G3588] prophet [G4396] and [G2532] stood [G2476] to the [G3588] king of Israel upon [G1909] the [G3588] way [G3598], and [G2532] he bound [G2611] with [G1722] a ligature the [G3588] his eyes [G3788][G1473].
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And [G2532] it came to pass [G1096] as [G5613] the [G3588] king came near [G3899], that [G2532] he [G1473] yelled out to [G4314] the [G3588] king . And [G2532] he said [G2036], the [G3588] Your servant [G1401][G1473] went forth [G1831] with [G1909] the [G3588] military [G4756] for the [G3588] war [G4171], and [G2532] look [G2400], a man brought [G1521] to [G4314] me [G1473] [another] man , and [G2532] he said [G2036] to me [G1473], Guard [G5442] this [G3778] the [G3588] man ! And if [G1437][G1161] by rushing away he should rush away , then [G2532] will be [required the [G3588] life [G5590] your [G1473] for the [G3588] his life [G5590][G1473], or [G2228] a talent [G5007] of silver you establish [for it [G2476].
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And [G2532] it came to pass [G1096] as [G5613] the [G3588] your servant [G1401][G1473] looked round about [G4017] here [this way [G5602] and [G2532] here [that way [G5602], that [G2532] this [man [G3778] was not [around [G3756]. And [G2532] said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473] the [G3588] king of Israel], look [G2400], you [are the] magistrate [G1348][G1473], for [G3844] me [G1473] you murdered [G5407].
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And [G2532] he hastened [G4692] and [G2532] removed the [G3588] ligature from the [G3588] his eyes [G3788][G1473]. And [G2532] recognized [G1921] him [G1473] the [G3588] king of Israel], that [G3754] [was] of [G1537] the [G3588] prophets [G4396] this one [G3778].
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And [G2532] he said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473], Thus [G3592] says [G3004] Boss '[G2962], Because [G1360] you sent out [G1821][G1473] man a pernicious [to escape] from out of [G1537] the [G3588] your hand [G5495][G1473], even [G2532] will be [required the [G3588] your life [G5590][G1473] for the [G3588] his life [G5590][G1473], and [G2532] the [G3588] your people [G2992][G1473] for the [G3588] his people [G2992][G1473].
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And [G2532] went forth the [G3588] king of Israel] being confounded [G4797] and [G2532] faint [G1590], and [G2532] came [G2064] unto [G1519] Samaria.