WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:03.140 Ethan: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:03.257 --> 00:00:04.577 Day 200 and 25. 00:00:05.156 --> 00:00:11.696 about that time, king Ben Hayad of Aram mobilized his army supported by the 00:00:11.696 --> 00:00:15.146 chariots and horses of 32 Allied Kings. 00:00:15.806 --> 00:00:19.286 They went to Besiege, Samaria, the capital of Israel, and 00:00:19.291 --> 00:00:20.696 launched attacks against it. 00:00:21.686 --> 00:00:27.146 Ben Hayad sent messengers into the city to relay this message to King Ahab of Israel. 00:00:28.181 --> 00:00:29.921 This is what Ben Hayad says. 00:00:30.671 --> 00:00:36.191 Your silver and gold are mine and so are your wives and the best of your children. 00:00:37.481 --> 00:00:41.321 All right, my Lord, the king, Israel's king replied. 00:00:41.771 --> 00:00:47.441 All that I have is yours Soon, Ben Haddad's Messengers returned again 00:00:47.621 --> 00:00:50.231 and said, this is what Ben Hayad says. 00:00:50.831 --> 00:00:55.451 I have already demanded that you give me your silver, gold wives and children, 00:00:55.871 --> 00:00:59.861 but about this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your 00:00:59.866 --> 00:01:02.291 palace and the homes of your officials. 00:01:02.771 --> 00:01:05.591 They will take away everything you consider valuable. 00:01:07.151 --> 00:01:11.621 Then Ahab summoned all the elders of the land and said to them, look 00:01:11.621 --> 00:01:13.511 how this man is stirring up trouble. 00:01:14.141 --> 00:01:17.711 I already agreed with his demand that I give him my wives and 00:01:17.711 --> 00:01:19.601 children and silver and gold. 00:01:20.306 --> 00:01:22.256 Don't give in to any more demands. 00:01:22.466 --> 00:01:27.806 All the elders and the people advised, so Ahab told the messengers from Ben 00:01:27.806 --> 00:01:30.776 Hayad say this to my Lord the king. 00:01:31.616 --> 00:01:35.426 I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot 00:01:35.426 --> 00:01:37.346 accept this last demand of yours. 00:01:38.696 --> 00:01:41.036 So the messengers returned to Ben Hayad. 00:01:41.126 --> 00:01:45.656 With that response, then Ben Hayad sent this message to Ahab. 00:01:46.376 --> 00:01:50.906 May the Gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough 00:01:50.936 --> 00:01:55.256 dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers. 00:01:56.126 --> 00:01:58.286 The King of Israel sent back this answer. 00:01:59.426 --> 00:02:03.746 A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like 00:02:03.746 --> 00:02:05.516 a warrior who has already won. 00:02:06.416 --> 00:02:10.196 Ahab's reply reached Ben Hayad and the other kings as they 00:02:10.196 --> 00:02:11.486 were drinking in their tents. 00:02:12.146 --> 00:02:13.496 Prepare to attack. 00:02:13.796 --> 00:02:18.806 Ben Hadad commanded his officers so they prepared to attack the city. 00:02:20.666 --> 00:02:24.626 Then a certain prophet came to see King Ahab of Israel and told 00:02:24.626 --> 00:02:26.876 him This is what the Lord says. 00:02:27.596 --> 00:02:30.986 Do you see all these enemy forces today? 00:02:30.991 --> 00:02:33.116 I will hand them all over to you. 00:02:33.956 --> 00:02:36.056 Then you will know that I am the Lord. 00:02:37.196 --> 00:02:39.296 Ahab asked, how will he do it? 00:02:40.316 --> 00:02:43.406 And the prophet replied, this is what the Lord says. 00:02:43.676 --> 00:02:46.136 The troops of the provincial commanders will do it. 00:02:47.006 --> 00:02:48.236 Should we attack first? 00:02:48.386 --> 00:02:49.226 Ahab asked. 00:02:49.946 --> 00:02:51.476 Yes, the prophet answered. 00:02:52.196 --> 00:02:56.636 So Ahab mustered the troops of the 232 provincial commanders. 00:02:57.326 --> 00:02:59.666 Then he called out the rest of the army of Israel. 00:03:00.086 --> 00:03:01.676 Some 7,000 men. 00:03:02.666 --> 00:03:08.096 About noontime as Ben Hayad and the 32 Allied Kings were still in their tents, 00:03:08.336 --> 00:03:10.136 drinking themselves into a stupor. 00:03:10.766 --> 00:03:13.796 The troops of the provincial commanders marched out of the 00:03:13.796 --> 00:03:15.716 city as the first contingent. 00:03:16.556 --> 00:03:20.096 As they approached Ben Hay, dad's scouts reported to him. 00:03:20.756 --> 00:03:22.616 Some troops are coming from Samaria. 00:03:23.546 --> 00:03:24.536 Take them alive. 00:03:24.686 --> 00:03:28.676 Ben Hadad commanded whether they have come for peace or for war. 00:03:29.831 --> 00:03:35.171 But Ahab's provincial commanders and the entire army had now come out to fight. 00:03:36.041 --> 00:03:40.841 Each Israelites soldier killed his aian opponent, and suddenly the 00:03:40.841 --> 00:03:43.691 entire Aian army panicked and fled. 00:03:44.351 --> 00:03:48.641 The Israelites chased them, but King Ben Haddad and a few of his 00:03:48.641 --> 00:03:50.741 chariot tears escaped on horses. 00:03:51.161 --> 00:03:55.241 However, the King of Israel destroyed the other horses and chariots 00:03:55.451 --> 00:03:57.011 and slaughtered the aramean. 00:03:57.926 --> 00:04:02.546 Afterward, the prophet said to King Ahab, get ready for another attack. 00:04:03.176 --> 00:04:06.506 Begin making plans now for the King of Aram. 00:04:06.566 --> 00:04:11.036 We'll come back next spring after their defeat. 00:04:11.396 --> 00:04:16.496 Ben Haddad's officers said to him, the Israelite Gods are gods of the hills. 00:04:16.766 --> 00:04:20.546 That is why they won, but we can beat them easily on the planes. 00:04:21.146 --> 00:04:24.716 Only this time replace the kings with field commanders. 00:04:25.136 --> 00:04:27.506 Recruit another army like the one you lost. 00:04:27.896 --> 00:04:31.676 Give us the same number of horses, chariots, and men, and we will 00:04:31.681 --> 00:04:33.236 fight against them on the planes. 00:04:33.866 --> 00:04:35.846 There's no doubt that we will beat them. 00:04:37.046 --> 00:04:42.026 So King Ben Hadad did as they suggested the following spring. 00:04:42.416 --> 00:04:46.286 He called up the Ian Army and marched out against Israel. 00:04:46.646 --> 00:04:47.426 This time at a. 00:04:48.971 --> 00:04:54.191 Israel then mustered its army set up supply lines and marched out for battle. 00:04:54.881 --> 00:04:58.421 But the Israelite army looked like two little flocks of goats 00:04:58.631 --> 00:05:02.831 in comparison to the vast Ian forces that filled the countryside. 00:05:03.701 --> 00:05:06.701 Then the man of God went to the King of Israel and said, 00:05:07.511 --> 00:05:08.981 this is what the Lord says. 00:05:09.521 --> 00:05:14.081 The Ians have said, the Lord is a God of the hills and not of the plains. 00:05:14.801 --> 00:05:19.841 So I will defeat this vast army for you, then you will know that I am the Lord. 00:05:21.161 --> 00:05:24.941 The two armies camped opposite each other for seven days, and on 00:05:24.941 --> 00:05:26.951 the seventh day the battle began. 00:05:28.061 --> 00:05:33.011 The Israelites killed 100,000 aian foot soldiers in one day. 00:05:33.761 --> 00:05:37.961 The rest fled into the town of aec, but the wall fell on 00:05:37.961 --> 00:05:40.721 them and killed another 27,000. 00:05:41.336 --> 00:05:44.936 Ben Hadda fled into the town and hid in a secret room. 00:05:45.986 --> 00:05:50.336 Ben Haddad's officers said to him, sir, we have heard that the kings of 00:05:50.336 --> 00:05:54.626 Israel are merciful, so let's humble ourselves by wearing burlap around our 00:05:54.626 --> 00:05:58.906 waists and putting ropes on our heads and surrender to the King of Israel. 00:06:00.026 --> 00:06:01.706 Then perhaps he will let you live. 00:06:02.696 --> 00:06:07.406 So they put on burlap and ropes and they went to the King of Israel and 00:06:07.406 --> 00:06:13.676 begged your servant, Ben Hayad says, please let me live the King of Israel. 00:06:13.676 --> 00:06:14.396 Responded. 00:06:14.876 --> 00:06:15.956 Is he still alive? 00:06:16.586 --> 00:06:17.696 He is my brother. 00:06:18.746 --> 00:06:24.146 The men took this as a good sign and quickly picked up on his words, yes. 00:06:24.176 --> 00:06:27.866 They said, your brother Ben Hayad, go and get him. 00:06:28.136 --> 00:06:28.946 The King of Israel. 00:06:28.946 --> 00:06:29.456 Told them. 00:06:30.116 --> 00:06:34.586 And when Ben Hayad arrived, Ahab invited him up into his chariot. 00:06:35.246 --> 00:06:40.046 Ben Hayad told him, I will give back the towns my father took from your father, 00:06:40.346 --> 00:06:45.176 and you may establish places of trade in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. 00:06:45.986 --> 00:06:50.186 Then Ahab said, I will release you under these conditions. 00:06:50.936 --> 00:06:54.656 So they made a new treaty and Ben Hayad was set free. 00:06:56.336 --> 00:07:00.056 Meanwhile, the Lord instructed one of the group of prophets 00:07:00.116 --> 00:07:02.576 to say to another man, hit me. 00:07:02.966 --> 00:07:05.186 But the man refused to hit the prophet. 00:07:05.636 --> 00:07:09.416 Then the prophet told him, because you have not obeyed the voice 00:07:09.416 --> 00:07:13.196 of the Lord, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me. 00:07:13.946 --> 00:07:17.936 And when he had gone, a lion did attack and kill him. 00:07:19.496 --> 00:07:23.156 Then the prophet turned to another man and said, hit me. 00:07:23.951 --> 00:07:26.591 So he struck the prophet and wounded him. 00:07:27.281 --> 00:07:31.391 The prophet placed a bandage over his eyes to disguise himself, and then 00:07:31.391 --> 00:07:33.311 waited beside the road for the king. 00:07:34.031 --> 00:07:39.131 As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, sir, I was in 00:07:39.136 --> 00:07:42.821 the thick of battle and suddenly a man brought me a prisoner. 00:07:43.541 --> 00:07:45.251 He said, guard this man. 00:07:45.431 --> 00:07:49.361 If for any reason he gets away, you will either die or pay a 00:07:49.361 --> 00:07:51.551 fine of 75 pounds of silver. 00:07:52.211 --> 00:07:55.751 But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared. 00:07:56.291 --> 00:07:57.761 Well, it's your own fault. 00:07:57.971 --> 00:07:58.931 The king replied. 00:07:59.441 --> 00:08:01.421 You have brought the judgment on yourself. 00:08:02.021 --> 00:08:05.501 Then the prophet quickly pulled the bandage from his eyes, and 00:08:05.506 --> 00:08:08.771 the King of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 00:08:09.791 --> 00:08:14.711 The prophet said to him, this is what the Lord says because you have spared 00:08:14.711 --> 00:08:17.471 the man I said, must be destroyed now. 00:08:17.471 --> 00:08:19.121 You must die in his place. 00:08:19.721 --> 00:08:22.511 And your people will die instead of his people. 00:08:23.531 --> 00:08:27.641 So the King of Israel went home to Samaria, angry and Suen. 00:08:29.591 --> 00:08:32.471 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:08:32.591 --> 00:08:33.821 Thank you for joining us.