The young men of King Ahab were the first to come out, but the rest of the army of Israel was following them.
So Ben-Hadad said, “They might be coming to fight or they might be coming to ask for peace. Capture them alive.”
Each of the men of Israel killed the man who had come against him. So the men from Aram began to run away and the army of Israel chased them. King Ben-Hadad escaped on a horse with the chariots.
The young helpers went out first. King Ben-Hadad’s men told him that some soldiers had come out of Samaria.
Joab and the army with him attacked the Aramean army. The Arameans ran away from Joab and his army.