1 Kings 20:33-35

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³³ Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, so they quickly picked up on this^[a] and responded, ‘Yes, it is your brother Ben-hadad.’

Then he said, ‘Go and bring him.’

So Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab brought him up into the chariot. ³⁴ Then Ben-hadad said to him, ‘I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father,^(A) and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.’^(B)

Ahab responded, ‘On the basis of this treaty, I release you.’ So he made a treaty with him and released him.

Ahab Rebuked by the Lord

³⁵ One of the sons of the prophets^(C) said to his fellow prophet by the word of the Lord, ‘Strike me! ’ But the man refused to strike him.