The young men of King Ahab were leading the attack. The army of Israel was following them.
The young helpers attacked first. King Ben Hadad’s men told him that soldiers had come out of Samaria.
So Ben Hadad said, “They might be coming to fight. Or they might be coming to ask for peace. Capture them alive.”
But each man of Israel killed the man that came against him. So the men from Aram began to run away. The army of Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad escaped on a horse from one of the chariots. [221]
Joab and the army with him attacked the army from Aram. The army from Aram ran away from Joab and his army.