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Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, "⁽ⁿ⁾Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.

Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place,

and ^[n]muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they." And he listened to their voice and did so.

^(o)At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to ^(p)Aphek to fight against Israel.