And it came to pass after this, that the son of Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

And the son of Hadad gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, [he] and thirty-two kings with him, and all [his] horses and chariots; and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

And he said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore to you; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let you go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.

And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not [against] small or great, but against the king of Israel only.

And the servants of the king of Syria said, The God of Israel [is] a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us; but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.

frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:

who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.

[This translation omits this verse.]

There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Remaliah, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying],

thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you; for God is with us.