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-\v 1 Ben Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered all his army, and he brought thirty-two lesser kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to the city of Samaria, the capital of Israel, and surrounded it and prepared to attack it.
-\v 2 Ben Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, and they said this to him: "This is what King Ben Hadad says:
-\v 3 'You must give to me all your silver and gold, your good-looking wives and strongest children.'"
+\v 1 Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered all of his army, and he brought thirty-two lesser kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to the city of Samaria, the capital of Israel, and surrounded it and prepared to attack it.
+\v 2 Ben-Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, and they said this to him: "This is what King Ben-Hadad says:
+\v 3 'You must give to me all of your silver and gold, your good-looking wives, and your strongest children.'"
 
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-\v 4 The king of Israel replied to them, "Tell this to King Ben Hadad, 'I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.'"
+\v 4 The king of Israel replied to them, "Tell this to King Ben-Hadad, 'I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.'"
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-\v 5 The messengers told that to Ben Hadad, and he sent them back with another message: "I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all your silver and gold and your wives and your children.
-\v 6 But in addition to that, about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials, and to bring to me everything that they see is valuable."
+\v 5 The messengers told that to Ben-Hadad, and he sent them back with another message: "I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all of your silver and gold and your wives and your children.
+\v 6 But in addition to that, about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials and to bring to me everything that they see is valuable."
 
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-\v 7 King Ahab summoned all the leaders of Israel, and said to them, "You can see for yourselves that this man is trying to cause much trouble. He sent me a message insisting that I must give him my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I agreed to do that."
+\v 7 King Ahab summoned all the leaders of Israel and said to them, "You can see for yourselves that this man is trying to cause much trouble. He sent me a message insisting that I must give him my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I agreed to do that."
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 \v 8 The leaders and all the other people said to him, "Do not pay any attention to him! Do not do what he is requesting!"
 
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-\v 9 So Ahab said to Ben Hadad's messengers, "Tell the king that I agree to give him the things that he first requested, but I do not agree to allow his officials to take anything that they want from my palace and from the houses of my officials." So the messengers reported that to King Ben Hadad, and they returned with another message from Ben Hadad.
+\v 9 So Ahab said to Ben-Hadad's messengers, "Tell the king that I agree to give him the things that he first requested, but I do not agree to allow his officials to take anything that they want from my palace and from the houses of my officials." So the messengers reported that to King Ben-Hadad, and they returned with another message from Ben-Hadad.
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 \v 10 In that message he said, "We will destroy your city completely, with the result that there will not be enough ashes left for each of my soldiers to have one handful! I hope that the gods will strike me dead if we do not do that!"
 
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-\v 11 King Ahab replied to the messengers, "Tell King Ben Hadad this: No one wins a battle before he fights it, so do not boast before you should."
+\v 11 King Ahab replied to the messengers, "Tell King Ben-Hadad this: No one wins a battle before he fights it, so do not boast before you should."
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-\v 12 Ben Hadad heard that message while he and the other rulers were drinking wine in their temporary shelters. He told his men to prepare to attack the city. So his men did that.
+\v 12 Ben-Hadad heard that message while he and the other rulers were drinking wine in their temporary shelters. He told his men to prepare to attack the city. So his men did that.
 
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-\v 13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'Do not be at all afraid of the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who has done it.'"
+\v 13 At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'Do not be at all afraid of the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have done it.'"
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 \v 14 Ahab asked, "What group of our army will defeat them?" The prophet replied, "The young soldiers whom the district governors command will do it." The king asked, "Who should lead the attack?" The prophet replied, "You should!"
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 \v 15 So Ahab gathered the young soldiers who were commanded by the district governors. There were 232 of those men. Then he also summoned all the Israelite army. There were only seven thousand soldiers.
 
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-\v 16 They started to attack at noon, while Ben Hadad and the other rulers were getting drunk in their temporary shelters.
-\v 17 The young soldiers advanced first. Some scouts who had been sent out by Ben Hadad reported to him, "There are men coming out of Samaria"!
+\v 16 They started to attack at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the other rulers were getting drunk in their temporary shelters.
+\v 17 The young soldiers advanced first. Some scouts who had been sent out by Ben-Hadad reported to him, "There are men coming out of Samaria!"
 
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 \v 19 The young Israelite soldiers went out of the city to attack the Aramean army, and the other soldiers in the Israelite army followed them.
 
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-\v 20 Each Israelite soldier killed an Aramean soldier. The rest of the Aramean army then ran away, and the Israelite soldiers pursued them. But King Ben Hadad escaped riding his horse, along with some other men riding horses.
-\v 21 Then the king of Israel went out of the city; he and his soldiers captured all the other Aramean horses and chariots, and also killed a large number of Aramean soldiers.
+\v 20 Each Israelite soldier killed an Aramean soldier. The rest of the Aramean army then ran away, and the Israelite soldiers pursued them. But King-Ben Hadad escaped riding his horse, along with some other men riding horses.
+\v 21 Then the king of Israel went out of the city; he and his soldiers captured all the other Aramean horses and chariots and also killed a large number of Aramean soldiers.
 
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 \v 22 Then that same prophet went to King Ahab and said to him, "Go back and prepare your soldiers, and think carefully about what will be necessary for you to do, because the king of Aram will attack with his army again in the springtime of next year."
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-\v 23 After the Aramean army was defeated, Ben Hadad's officials said to him, "The gods that the Israelites worship are gods who live in the hills. Samaria is built on a hill, and that is why their soldiers were able to defeat us. But if we fight against them in the plains, we certainly will be able to defeat them.
+\v 23 After the Aramean army was defeated, Ben-Hadad's officials said to him, "The gods that the Israelites worship are gods who live in the hills. Samaria is built on a hill, and that is why their soldiers were able to defeat us. But if we fight against them in the plains, we certainly will be able to defeat them.
 
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 \v 24 So, this is what you should do: You must remove the thirty-two kings who are leading your troops and replace them with army commanders.
 \v 25 Then gather an army like the army that was defeated. Gather an army that has as many horses and chariots as the first army had. Then we will fight the Israelites in the plains, and we will surely defeat them."
-\p Ben Hadad agreed with them, and he did what they suggested.
+\p Ben-Hadad agreed with them, and he did what they suggested.
 
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-\v 26 In the spring of the following year, he gathered his soldiers and marched with them to the city of Aphek east of the Sea of Galilee, to fight against the Israelite army.
+\v 26 In the springtime of the following year, he gathered his soldiers and marched with them to the city of Aphek east of the Sea of Galilee to fight against the Israelite army.
 \v 27 The Israelite army was also gathered together, and they were given the things that they needed for the battle. Then they marched out and formed two groups facing the Aramean army. Their army was very small. They resembled two small flocks of goats, whereas the Aramean army was very large and spread all over the countryside.
 
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-\v 28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'The Arameans say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.'"
+\v 28 A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'The Arameans say that I am a god who lives in the hills and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.'"
 
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 \v 29 The two armies stayed in their tents for seven days, in groups that faced each other. Then, on the seventh day, they started fighting. The Israelite army killed 100,000 Aramean soldiers.
 \v 30 The other Aramean soldiers ran away into Aphek. Then the wall of the city collapsed and killed twenty-seven thousand more Aramean soldiers.
-\p Ben Hadad also escaped into the city and hid in the back room of a house.
+\p Ben-Hadad also escaped into the city and hid in the back room of a house.
 
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 \v 31 His officials went to him and said, "We have heard a report that the Israelites act mercifully. So allow us to go to the king of Israel, wearing course sacks around our waists and ropes on our heads to indicate that we will be his slaves. Perhaps if we do that, he will allow you to remain alive."
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-\v 32 The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, "Ben Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, 'Please do not kill me.'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!"
+\v 32 The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, "Ben-Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, 'Please do not kill me.'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!"
 
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-\v 33 Ben Hadad's officials were trying to find out if Ahab would act mercifully, and when Ahab said "brother," they were optimistic. So they replied, "Yes, he is like your brother!" Ahab said, "Go and bring him to me." So they went and brought Ben Hadad to him. When Ben Hadad arrived, Ahab told him to get in the chariot and sit with him.
+\v 33 Ben-Hadad's officials were trying to find out if Ahab would act mercifully, and when Ahab said "brother," they were optimistic. So they replied, "Yes, he is like your brother!" Ahab said, "Go and bring him to me." So they went and brought Ben-Hadad to him. When Ben-Hadad arrived, Ahab told him to get in the chariot and sit with him.
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-\v 34 Ben Hadad said to him, "I will give back to you the towns that my father's army took from your father. And I will allow you to set up market areas for your merchants in Damascus my capital, just as my father did in Samaria your capital." Ahab replied, "Because you agree to do that, I will not execute you." So Ahab made an agreement with Ben Hadad, and allowed him to go home.
+\v 34 Ben-Hadad said to him, "I will give back to you the towns that my father's army took from your father. And I will allow you to set up market areas for your merchants in Damascus my capital, just as my father did in Samaria your capital." Ahab replied, "Because you agree to do that, I will not execute you." So Ahab made an agreement with Ben-Hadad and allowed him to go home.
 
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 \v 38 Then the prophet put a large bandage over his face so that no one would recognize him. Then he went and stood alongside the road, waiting for the king to come by.
 
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-\v 39 When the king passed by, the prophet cried out to him, saying "Your Majesty, after I was wounded while I was fighting in a battle, a soldier brought to me one of our enemies who he had captured, and said to me, 'Guard this man! If he escapes, you must pay me thirty-three kilograms of silver; if you do not pay that, you will be executed!'
+\v 39 When the king passed by, the prophet cried out to him, saying "Your Majesty, after I was wounded while I was fighting in a battle, a soldier brought to me one of our enemies who he had captured and said to me, 'Guard this man! If he escapes, you must pay me thirty-three kilograms of silver; if you do not pay that, you will be executed!'
 \v 40 But while I was busy doing other things, the man escaped!" The king of Israel said to him, "That is your problem! You yourself have said that you deserve to be punished."
 
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 \v 41 The prophet immediately took off the bandage, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
-\v 42 The prophet said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have allowed that man Ben Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!'"
+\v 42 The prophet said to him, "This is what Yahweh says: 'You have allowed that man Ben-Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!'"
 \v 43 The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed.
 
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 \v 1 King Ahab had a palace in the city of Jezreel. Near the palace was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth.
-\v 2 One day, Ahab went to Naboth and said to him, "Your vineyard is close to my palace. I would like to buy it, so that I can plant some vegetables there. I will give you in exchange a better vineyard somewhere else, or if you prefer, I will pay you for your vineyard."
+\v 2 One day, Ahab went to Naboth and said to him, "Your vineyard is close to my palace. I would like to buy it so that I can plant some vegetables there. I will give you in exchange a better vineyard somewhere else, or if you prefer, I will pay you for your vineyard."
 
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 \v 18 "Go to Samaria and talk to Ahab, the king of Israel. He is in the vineyard of a man named Naboth. He has gone there to claim that he now owns it.
 
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-\v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him, 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this. In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!'"
+\v 19 Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him: 'You have murdered Naboth and taken his land. So I am telling you this: In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth's blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood also!'"
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 \v 20 So when Elijah met with Ahab, Ahab said to him, "You, my enemy, have found me!" Elijah answered, "Yes, I have found you. You have never stopped doing the things that Yahweh says are wrong.
 
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 \v 21 So this is what Yahweh says to you, 'I will soon get rid of you. I will kill you, and I will also kill every male in your household, including those who are slaves and those who are not slaves.
-\v 22 Your family will all be killed, just like the family of King Jeroboam and like the family of King Baasha were killed. I will get rid of you because you have caused me to become very angry, and you have also induced the Israelite people to sin.'
+\v 22 Your family will all be killed, just as the family of King Jeroboam and as the family of King Baasha were killed. I will get rid of you because you have caused me to become very angry, and you have also induced the Israelite people to sin.'
 
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 \v 25 There was no man who gave himself as completely to do things that Yahweh said were evil like Ahab did. But his wife Jezebel urged him to do many of those things.
-\v 26 The most disgusting thing that Ahab did was to worship idols, just like the Amor people had done. And that is why Yahweh took their land from them and gave it to the Israelites.
+\v 26 The most disgusting thing that Ahab did was to worship idols, just as the Amor people had done. And that is why Yahweh took their land from them and gave it to the Israelites.
 
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 \v 3 While they were talking, Ahab said to his officials, "Do you realize that the Arameans are still occupying our city of Ramoth in the region of Gilead? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!"
 \v 4 Then he turned toward Jehoshaphat and asked, "Will your army join my army to fight against the people of Ramoth and retake that city?"
-\p Jehoshaphat replied, "Certainly! I will do whatever you want, and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also."
+\p Jehoshaphat replied, "Certainly! I will do whatever you want, and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle also."
 
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 \v 5 Then he added, "But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do."
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 \v 18 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He always predicts that bad things will happen to me."
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-\v 19 But Micaiah continued, saying, "Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
-\v 20 And Yahweh said, 'Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?'
+\v 19 But Micaiah continued, saying, "Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
+\v 20 And Yahweh said, 'Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth so that he may be killed there?'
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 \v 29 So the king of Israel and the king of Judah led their armies to Ramoth in Gilead.
-\v 30 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "I will put on different clothes, in order that no one will recognize that I am the king. But you should wear your royal robe." So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
+\v 30 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "I will put on different clothes so that no one will recognize that I am the king. But you should wear your royal robe." So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
 
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 \v 37 So King Ahab died, and they took his body in the chariot to Samaria and buried his body there.
-\v 38 They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs came and licked the king's blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
+\v 38 They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs came and licked up the king's blood, just as Yahweh had predicted it would happen.
 
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-\v 39 The account of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory that they built for him, and the cities that were built for him, was written in Book of the Events of the Kings of Israel.
+\v 39 The account of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory that they built for him and the cities that were built for him, was written in the book of the events of the kings of Israel.
 \v 40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
 
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 \v 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
 
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-\v 43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars that had been built upon the hills. So the people continued to offer sacrifices to idols on those altars and burned incense there.
+\v 43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, just as his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars that had been built upon the hills. So the people continued to offer sacrifices to idols on those altars and burned incense there.
 \v 44 Jehoshaphat also made a peace treaty with the king of Israel.
 
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-\v 45 All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his troops won, are written in Book of the Events of the Kings of Judah.
+\v 45 All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his troops won, are written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah.
 \v 46 Jehoshaphat removed from the land the male prostitutes that still lived in that region. These were same the male prostitutes who had lived there in the time of his father Asa.
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 \v 47 At that time, there was no king in Edom. A ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.