The junior officers who were under Ahab’s area commanders marched out first. Ben-Hadad had sent out scouts. They came back and reported, “Men are marching against us from Samaria.”
Each man struck down the one fighting against him. When that happened, the army of Aram ran away. The Israelites chased them. But Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, escaped on a horse. Some of his horsemen escaped with him.