¹⁴ Now the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled. So they also fled before Abishai and came into the city. ^(A)Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

²² Then ^(A)the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself and know and see what you have to do; for ^(B)at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”

Israel Fights the Arameans

^26 (A)Now it happened at the turn of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to ^(B)Aphek to fight against Israel.