11:020:030 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city;
and there a wall
fell
upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were
left.
And
Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner
chamber.
11:020:031 And his servants said unto him, Behold
now, we have heard that
the
kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings:
let us, I
pray
thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our
heads,
and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure
he will
save
thy life.
11:020:032 So they girded sackcloth on their loins,
and put ropes on
their
heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy
servant
Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And
he said,
Is
he yet alive? he is my brother.
11:020:033 Now the men did diligently observe whether
any thing would
come
from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said,
Thy
brother
Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him.
Then
Benhadad
came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into
the
chariot.
11:020:034 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities,
which my father took
from
thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets
for
thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.
Then said
Ahab,
I will send thee away with this covenant. So he
made a
covenant
with him, and sent him away.
11:020:035 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets
said unto his
neighbour
in the word of the lord, Smite me, I pray thee.
And
the
man refused to smite him.
11:020:036 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast
not obeyed the voice
of
the lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed
from me, a
lion
shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed
from him,
a
lion found him, and slew him.
11:020:037 Then he found another man, and said, Smite
me, I pray thee.
And
the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
11:020:038 So the prophet departed, and waited for
the king by the way,
and
disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
11:020:039 And as the king passed by, he cried unto
the king: and he
said,
Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle;
and,
behold,
a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and
said,
Keep this man: if by any means he be missing,
then shall
thy
life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent
of
silver.
11:020:040 And as thy servant was busy here and there,
he was gone. And
the
king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment
be;
thyself
hast decided it.


