16. They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings who were helping him were getting drunk in the tents.
17. The young men of the provincial leaders marched out first. Then Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
18. So he said, “If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.”
19. The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city,
20. and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, but Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.