He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive. Or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”
The servants of the governors of the districts went out first. And Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, “Men are coming out from Samaria.”
So these went out of the city, the servants of the governors of the districts and the army that followed them.
And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him. And many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.