¹⁸ Then ^(A)Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And ^(B)King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in ^(C)Damascus, saying,

²⁰ So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his military force against the cities of Israel, and struck down ^(A)Ijon, ^(B)Dan, ^(C)Abel-beth-maacah and all ^(D)Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.

Aram’s Siege of Samaria

²⁴ Now it happened afterwards, that ^(A)Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his military camp and went up and besieged Samaria.