²⁸ They said, “We see plainly ^(A)that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, even between ^[a]you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,

³⁴ Ben-hadad said to him, “^(A)The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” Ahab said, “And I will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

¹³ He took one of the royal ^[a](A)family and made a covenant with him, ^[b]putting him under ^(B)oath. He also took away the ^(C)mighty of the land,