1 Kings 20:16-23

¹⁶And they went out at noon. But Benadad was drinking himself drunk in his pavilion, and the two and thirty kings with him, who were come to help him.

¹⁷And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first. And Benadad sent. And they told him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria.

¹⁸And he said: Whether they come for peace, take them alive: or whether they come to fight, take them alive.

¹⁹So the servants of the princes of the provinces went out, and the rest of the army followed:

²⁰And every one slew the man that came against him: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued after them. And Benadad king of Syria fled away on horseback with his horsemen.

²¹But the king of Israel going out overthrew the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

²²(And a prophet coming to the king of Israel, said to him: Go, and strengthen thyself, and know, and see what thou dost: for the next year the king of Syria will come up against thee.)

²³But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.