The sortie at noon

16They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

17Then the young men of the commanders of the provinces went out first, and Ben-hadad sent, and they reported to him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”

18And he said, “If they have come out for peace, seize them alive; and if they have come out for battle, seize them alive.”