The king of Aram had 32 chariot commanders. That king ordered these 32 chariot commanders to find the king of Israel. The king of Aram told the commanders that they must kill the king.
Then they did something to the men outside the door—they caused all those evil men, young and old, to become blind. So the men trying to get in the house could not find the door.
Ben Hadad was king of Aram. He gathered together all of his army. There were 32 kings with him. They had horses and chariots. [219] They attacked Samaria and fought against it.
So during the battle, these commanders saw King Jehoshaphat. The commanders thought that he was the king of Israel. So they went to kill him. Jehoshaphat began shouting.
The king of Aram gave an order to his chariot {\cf2\super [215]} commanders. He told them, “Don’t fight with any person, no matter how great or how humble. But fight only with Ahab, the king of Israel.”
“Important people and common people will die in the land of Judah. No person will bury those people or cry for them. No person will cut himself or shave his head to show sorrow for those people.
They took the women in Ziklag as prisoners. They took all the people, both young and old. They did not kill any of the people. They only took them away.