And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.

Now Ben-Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.

And Ben-Hadad said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. And Ahab said, I will send you away with this treaty. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two commanders of his chariots, saying, Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.

And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than us; but if we fight against them in the plain, will we not be stronger than them.

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot bring about their success;

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the twisted is precipitated.

Plans are established by counsel; and wage war with good advice.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted against you, saying,

Thus says the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass.

Take counsel and make plans, but they will be frustrated. Speak a word, but it shall not stand; for the Mighty God is with us.