Warning and Aramean council

Ahab and Ben-hadad · 1 Kings 20

Story guide: The prophet's warning to Ahab is paired with the Aramean servants' plan to fight on the plain; the passage gives no details of the figures or settings.

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22Then the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, “Go, build up your strength and consider carefully what you should do, because next spring the king of Aram will attack you.”

23And the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we were. But if we fight against them on the plain, surely we will be stronger than they are.

24Do this as well: remove the kings from their posts and appoint governors in their place.

25You must muster an army as large as the one you lost, replacing horse for horse and chariot for chariot; then let us fight them on the plain. Surely we will be stronger than they are.” So he accepted their advice and did as they said.

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