He answered, “Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive.”
When the aides of the provincial governors marched out first, Ben-hadad received word, “Some men have marched out of Samaria.”
But when these had come out of the city—the aides of the provincial governors with the army following them—
Before disaster the heart is haughty, but before honor is humility.
but when Abimelech went after him, he fled from him. Many fell slain right up to the entrance of the gate.
and said to him, “Come here to me, and I will feed your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.”