¹² Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking^(A) in their tents,^[a] and he ordered his men: “Prepare to attack.” So they prepared to attack the city.

³¹ But when envoys were sent by the rulers of Babylon^(A) to ask him about the miraculous sign^(B) that had occurred in the land, God left him to test^(C) him and to know everything that was in his heart.