17
The young men who served the district governors went out first. Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, and they reported to him, "Men have come out from Samaria."
18
He said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive."
19
But these had already come out of the city: the young men who served the district governors, and the army that followed them.
20
Each killed his man; the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.
21
The king of Israel went out, attacked the horses and chariots, and defeated the Arameans with a great slaughter.
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