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And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.-1 Kings 20:28-31***When King Benhadad, ruler of Syria (Aram), invaded the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land, and attacked Samaria, the royal city, and demanded silver, gold and people from King Ahab, the 7th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, Ahab was willing to comply. However, when Benhadad informed Ahab that he was going to send men to pillage Samaria, Ahab listened to the advice of the Israelite elders and sent a message of refusal to Benhadad. As Benhadad prepared to attack Samaria, a prophet of the Lord God told Ahab, an idolater, that the Lord God was going to give Ahab the victory. Thus, according to the will of the Lord God, the Israelites defeated the Syrians. Benhadad escaped and his men advised him to fight the Israelites on the plains the next time.  The following spring, the Israelites were victorious again, fulfilling the words of the Lord God that a prophet proclaimed to them. Benhadad escaped and listened to even more advice. Over 800 years after Joram (Jehoram), the son born to Ahab and Jezebel, became the 9th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-9:37, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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