1 Kings 20:29-31

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁹ They camped opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day,^(A) the battle took place, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans – one hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day. ³⁰ The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those twenty-seven thousand remaining men.

Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room^(B) in the city. ³¹ His servants said to him, ‘Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth round our waists^(C) and ropes round our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.’