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Thirty-two kings,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.1.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> and fought against it. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel and said to him, “This is what Ben-hadad says: <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>‘Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well! ’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The messengers then returned and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent messengers to you, saying, “You are to give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.20.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and they will search your palace and your servants’ houses. They will lay their hands on and take away whatever is precious to you.’ ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Recognize<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.20.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> that this one is only looking for trouble,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen or agree.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So he said to Ben-hadad’s messengers, “Say to my lord the king, ‘Everything you demanded of your servant the first time, I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’ ” So the messengers left and took word back to him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, “May the gods punish me and do so severely<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> if Samaria’s dust<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The king of Israel answered, “Say this: ‘Don’t let the one who puts on his armor boast<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> like the one who takes it off.’ ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in their quarters,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.20.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A prophet approached King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says: ‘Do you see this whole huge army? Watch, I am handing it over to you today so that you may know that I am the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Ahab asked, “By whom? ”</p><p class="scripture">And the prophet said, “This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says: ‘By the young men of the provincial leaders.’ ”</p><p class="scripture">Then he asked, “Who is to start the battle? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture">He said, “You.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So Ahab mobilized the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he mobilized all the Israelite troops: 7,000.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The young men of the provincial leaders marched out first. Then Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So he said, “If they have marched out in peace,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and each one struck down his opponent.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the cavalry and the chariots. He inflicted a severe slaughter on Aram.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go and strengthen yourself, then consider carefully<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.20.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> what you should do, for in the spring<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the king of Aram will attack you.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now the king of Aram’s servants said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hill country.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> That’s why they were stronger than we were. Instead, we should fight with them on the plain; then we will certainly be stronger than they are. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Also do this: remove each king from his position and appoint captains in their place. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Raise another army for yourself like the army you lost — horse for horse, chariot for chariot — and let’s fight with them on the plain; and we will certainly be stronger than they are.” The king listened to them and did it.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.26" /> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to battle Israel. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.27" /> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The Israelites mobilized, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.27.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.28" /> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then the man of God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.28.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> approached and said to the king of Israel, “This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says: ‘Because the Arameans have said, “The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.28.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> I will hand over all this whole huge army to you. Then you will know that I am the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.’ ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.28.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.29" /> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They camped opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.29.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> the battle took place, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans — one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.30" /> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those twenty-seven thousand remaining men.</p><p class="scripture">Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.30.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> in the city. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.31" /> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.31.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.32" /> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’ ”</p><p class="scripture">So he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.33" /> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, so they quickly picked up on this<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.20.33.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and responded, “Yes, it is your brother Ben-hadad.”</p><p class="scripture">Then he said, “Go and bring him.”</p><p class="scripture">So Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him come up into the chariot. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.34" /> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Then Ben-hadad said to him, “I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.34.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.34.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture">Ahab responded, “On the basis of this treaty, I release you.” So he made a treaty with him and released him.</p><h3 class="head1">Ahab Rebuked by the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span></h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.35" /> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>One of the sons of the prophets<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.35.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> said to his fellow prophet by the word of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, “Strike me! ” But the man refused to strike him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.36" /> <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>He told him, “Because you did not listen to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, mark my words: When you leave me, a lion will kill you.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.36.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.37" /> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>The prophet found another man and said to him, “Strike me! ” So the man struck him, inflicting a wound. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.38" /> <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Then the prophet went and waited for the king on the road. He disguised<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.38.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> himself with a bandage over his eyes. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.39" /> <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.39.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> or you will weigh out seventy-five pounds<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.1_Kings.20.39.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of silver.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.40" /> <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>But while your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.”</p><p class="scripture">The king of Israel said to him, “That will be your sentence; you yourself have decided it.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.40.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.41" /> <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>He quickly removed the bandage from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.42" /> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>The prophet said to him, “This is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says: ‘Because you released from your hand the man I had set apart for destruction,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.42.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> it will be your life in place of his life and your people in place of his people.’ ” <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-1_Kings.20.43" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/20-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>The king of Israel left for home resentful and angry,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.1_Kings.20.43.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and he entered Samaria.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-1_Kings.20" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.1_Kings.20.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.6">20:6</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">take all the delight of your eyes</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.20.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.7">20:7</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">“Know and see</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.20.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.12">20:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">booths</span>, also in v. 16</aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.20.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.22">20:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">then know and see</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.20.33.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.33">20:33</a></span> Some Hb mss, alt Hb tradition, LXX; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">they hastened and caught hold; “Is this it? ”</span></aside><aside id="fn.1_Kings.20.39.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.39">20:39</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">a talent</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-1_Kings.20" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.1">20:1</a></span> 1Kg 15:18,20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.1">20:1</a></span> 1Kg 22:31</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.1">20:1</a></span> 1Kg 16:24,29</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.3">20:3</a></span> 2Kg 24:14–16; Dn 1:3–4</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.6">20:6</a></span> Lm 2:4; Ezk 24:16,21,25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.7">20:7</a></span> 2Kg 5:7</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.10">20:10</a></span> 1Kg 19:2; 2Kg 6:31</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.10">20:10</a></span> 2Sm 22:43</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.11">20:11</a></span> Pr 27:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.12">20:12</a></span> 1Kg 16:9</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.13">20:13</a></span> 1Kg 20:28</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.14">20:14</a></span> Jdg 1:1; 20:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.15">20:15</a></span> Jdg 7:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.16">20:16</a></span> 1Kg 20:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.17">20:17</a></span> 1Kg 16:24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.18">20:18</a></span> 2Kg 14:8</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.20">20:20</a></span> 2Sm 2:15–16</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.20">20:20</a></span> 1Sm 14:13–14,22</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.22">20:22</a></span> 2Sm 11:1</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.23">20:23</a></span> 1Kg 14:23; Ps 139:7–12</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.26">20:26</a></span> 2Kg 13:17</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.27.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.27">20:27</a></span> Jdg 6:5; 1Sm 13:5</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.28.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.28">20:28</a></span> 1Kg 17:18</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.28.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.28">20:28</a></span> 1Kg 20:23</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.28.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.28">20:28</a></span> 1Kg 20:13</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.29.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.29">20:29</a></span> Jos 6:15</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.30.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.30">20:30</a></span> 1Kg 22:25</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.31.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.31">20:31</a></span> Gn 37:34</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.34.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.34">20:34</a></span> 1Kg 15:20</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.34.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.34">20:34</a></span> 2Sm 8:6</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.35.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.35">20:35</a></span> 2Kg 2:3,5,7</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.36.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.36">20:36</a></span> 1Kg 13:24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.38.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.38">20:38</a></span> 1Kg 14:2</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.39.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.39">20:39</a></span> Jos 2:14; 2Kg 10:24</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.40.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.40">20:40</a></span> 2Sm 12:5</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.42.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.42">20:42</a></span> 1Kg 19:16</aside><aside id="xrf.1_Kings.20.43.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-1_Kings.20.43">20:43</a></span> 1Kg 21:4</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-1_Kings.20" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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