11
So the slaves seized him and led him out of the camp to the plain and from the plain to the highlands, and they arrived at the springs below Bethulia.
12
When the men of the city saw them, they grabbed their weapons and ran out of the city to the hilltop. They kept them off the mountain pass by throwing stones at them with their slings.
13
By finding shelter below the hill, the Assyrians tied up Achior and left him at the bottom of the hill, and then returned to their master.
14
When the Israelites came down from their city, they found Achior. They untied him and led him into Bethulia, and presented him to the rulers of their city.
15
In those days the rulers were Uzziah, Micah's son, from the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris, Gothoniel's son, and Charmis, Melchiel's son.