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And the young men of the princes of the provinces went outfirst; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
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And the prophetcame to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
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And the servants of the king of Syriasaid unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
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And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fightagainst them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.