ThreeyearspassedwithoutwarbetweenAramand Israel.
[Ben-hadad] saidto him, "The citieswhichmy fathertookfrom your fatherI will restore,and you shall makestreetsfor yourself in Damascus,as my fathermadein Samaria."[Ahab said], "And I will letyou gowith this covenant."So he madea covenantwith him and lethim go.
"Do you seehowAhabhas humbledhimself beforeMe? Becausehe has humbledhimself beforeMe, I will not bringthe evilin his days,[but] I will bringthe evilupon his housein his son'sdays."
In the thirdyearJehoshaphatthe kingof Judahcamedownto the kingof Israel.
Now the kingof Aramwas warringagainst Israel;and he counseledwith his servantssaying,"In suchand sucha placeshall be my camp."
Now Jehoshaphathadgreatrichesand honor;and he alliedhimself by marriagewith Ahab.
