¹⁸ Then ^(A)Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and handed it over to his servants. And ^(B)King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in ^(C)Damascus, saying,

²⁰ So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and ^[a]conquered ^(A)Ijon, ^(B)Dan, ^(C)Abel-beth-maacah, and all ^(D)Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.

The Siege of Samaria—Cannibalism

²⁴ Now it came about after this, that ^(A)Ben-hadad the king of Aram gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.