1 Raja-raja 20:15-21

20:15 So Ahab ¹  assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. ²  20:16 They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily ³  in their quarters. ⁴  20:17 The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.” ⁵  20:18 He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.” ⁶  20:19 They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them. 20:20 Each one struck down an enemy soldier; ⁷  the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen. 20:21 Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated ⁸  Syria.

[20:15]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:15]  ² tn Heb “after them he assembled all the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand.”

[20:16]  ³ tn Heb “drinking and drunken.”

[20:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the temporary shelters.” This is probably referring to tents.

[20:17]  ⁵ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[20:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “if they come in peace, take them alive; if they come for battle, take them alive.”

[20:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “each struck down his man.”

[20:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “struck down Aram with a great striking down.”