²⁶ The next spring^(A) Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek^(B) to fight against Israel. ²⁷ 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.^(C)

²⁸ 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^(D) of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know^(E) that I am the Lord.’”