16And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.
17And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.
18And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.
19So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.
20And every one of them put his man to death, and the Aramaeans went in flight with Israel after them; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got away safely on a horse with his horsemen.
21And the king of Israel went out and took the horses and the war-carriages, and made great destruction among the Aramaeans.
22Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take care what you do, or a year from now the king of Aram will come up against you again.
