24. Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
25. Muster an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.”He listened to their voice, and did so.
26. At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27. The children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats; but the Syrians filled the country.
28. A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “the Lord says, ‘Because the Syrians have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys;” therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.’”
29. They encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed one hundred thousand footmen of the Syrians in one day.
30. But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner room.