1 Kings 20:13-21
Read 1 Kings 20 in full →13Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, aI will deliver them into your hand today, and byou shall know that I am Yahweh.’” 14And Ahab said, “By whom?” So he said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who shall 1begin the battle?” And he said, “You.” 15Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, even all the sons of Israel, 7,000.
16And they went out at noon, while aBen-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths 1with the thirty-two kings who helped him. 17And the young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.” 18aThen he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the military force which followed them. 20And they each struck his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen. 21And the king of Israel went out and struck down the horses and chariots, and struck the Arameans with a great slaughter.