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21 The king of Israel went out and attacked the horses and the chariots and defeated Aram with a great blow.

22 Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and he said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself; consider well[a] what you should do, for the king of Aram is coming against you at the turn of the year.”

23 The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we.[b] Let us fight with them in the plain; surely we will be stronger than they.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:22 Literally “know and see”
  2. 1 Kings 20:23 Hebrew “he”