And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
And the king of Syria’s servants said to him, Their God is a god of the hills; on account of this they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely, we shall be stronger than they?
And number to yourself an army like the army that fell from you, even horse for horse and chariot for chariot; and we shall fight with them in the plain; Are we not stronger than they? And he listened to their voice and did so.
And the king of Syria commanded the thirty-two commanders of the chariots, saying, You shall not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel, only him.