Search results for: Colossians 1:20
1 Kings 20:17 (NIV)
The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first. Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”
1 Kings 20:18 (NIV)
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
1 Kings 20:19 (NIV)
The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them
1 Kings 20:20 (NIV)
and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen.
1 Kings 20:21 (NIV)
The king of Israel advanced and overpowered the horses and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the Arameans.
1 Kings 20:22 (NIV)
Afterward, the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, “Strengthen your position and see what must be done, because next spring the king of Aram will attack you again.”
1 Kings 20:23 (NIV)
Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they.
1 Kings 20:24 (NIV)
Do this: Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers.
1 Kings 20:25 (NIV)
You must also raise an army like the one you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight Israel on the plains. Then surely we will be stronger than they.” He agreed with them and acted accordingly.
1 Kings 20:26 (NIV)
The next spring Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
1 Kings 20:27 (NIV)
When the Israelites were also mustered and given provisions, they marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
1 Kings 20:28 (NIV)
The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord .’ ”
1 Kings 20:29 (NIV)
For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted a hundred thousand casualties on the Aramean foot soldiers in one day.
1 Kings 20:30 (NIV)
The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
1 Kings 20:31 (NIV)
His officials said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
1 Kings 20:32 (NIV)
Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says: ‘Please let me live.’ ” The king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
1 Kings 20:33 (NIV)
The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. “Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!” they said. “Go and get him,” the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
1 Kings 20:34 (NIV)
“I will return the cities my father took from your father,” Ben-Hadad offered. “You may set up your own market areas in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab said, “On the basis of a treaty I will set you free.” So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.
1 Kings 20:35 (NIV)
By the word of the Lord one of the company of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me with your weapon,” but he refused.
1 Kings 20:36 (NIV)
So the prophet said, “Because you have not obeyed the Lord , as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.
1 Kings 20:37 (NIV)
The prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him and wounded him.
1 Kings 20:38 (NIV)
Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes.
1 Kings 20:39 (NIV)
As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, “Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and someone came to me with a captive and said, ‘Guard this man. If he is missing, it will be your life for his life, or you must pay a talent of silver.’
1 Kings 20:40 (NIV)
While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” “That is your sentence,” the king of Israel said. “You have pronounced it yourself.”
1 Kings 20:41 (NIV)
Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.