1 Kings 20:32-34

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³² 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.’”

So he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

³³ Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, so they quickly picked up on this^[a] and responded, “Yes, it is your brother Ben-hadad.”

Then he said, “Go and bring him.”

So Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him come up into the chariot. ³⁴ Then Ben-hadad said to him, “I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father,^(A) and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.”^(B)

Ahab responded, “On the basis of this treaty, I release you.” So he made a treaty with him and released him.