1 Kings 20:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ They started out at noon. At that time Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings helping him were in their tents. They were getting drunk. ¹⁷ 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.”

¹⁸ Ben-Hadad said, “They might be coming to make peace. If they are, take them alive. Or they might be coming to make war. If they are, take them alive.”