14. Ahab said, “Who will you use to defeat them?”The prophet answered, “The Lord says, ‘The young officers of the district governors will defeat them.’”Then the king asked, “Who will command the main army?”The prophet answered, “You will.”
15. So Ahab gathered the young officers of the district governors. There were 232 of them. Then he called together the army of Israel. There were 7,000 of them.
16. At noon Ben-Hadad and the 32 rulers helping him were getting drunk in their tents. At this time Ahab attacked them.
17. The young officers of the district governors attacked first.Ben-Hadad’s scouts told him that soldiers were coming from Samaria.
18. So Ben-Hadad said, “They may be coming to fight. Or they may be coming to ask for peace. In either case capture them alive.”
19. The young officers of the district governors led the attack. The army of Israel followed them.
20. Then each officer of Israel killed the man who came against him. So the men from Aram ran away as Israel chased them. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with some of his horsemen.