32 So (A)they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “(B)Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 33 Now the men [a]took this as an omen, and quickly [b]catching his word said, “Your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he [c]took him up into the chariot. 34 Ben-hadad said to him, “(C)The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” Ahab said, “And I will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:33 Lit divined
  2. 1 Kings 20:33 Lit caught from him
  3. 1 Kings 20:33 Lit caused him to come up