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1 Kings 20Wycliffe Bible (WYC) 20 Forsooth Benhadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his host, and two and thirty kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up against Samaria, and fought, and besieged it. 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, into the city, and (they) said (to him), Benhadad saith these things, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine, and thy wives, and thy best sons be mine. 4 And the king of Israel answered, By thy word, my lord the king, I am thine, and all my things be thine. 5 And the messengers turned again, and said, Benhadad, that sent us to thee, saith these things (again), Thou shalt give to me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy sons. 6 Therefore tomorrow, in this same hour, I shall send my servants to thee, and they shall seek (throughout) thine house, and the house of thy servants; and they shall put in their hands, and take away all thing that shall please them. 7 Forsooth the king of Israel called all the elder men of the land, and said, Perceive ye, and see, that he setteth treason to us; for he sent to me for my wives, and sons, and for (my) silver, and gold, and I forsook not. (And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Perceive ye, and see, that this man hath set treason for us; for he sent to me for my wives, and my sons, and my silver, and my gold, and I agreed to it all.) 8 And all the greater men in birth (And all the men of great age, that is, the elders), and all the people said to him, Hear thou not, neither assent thou to him. 9 And he answered to the messengers of Benhadad, Say ye to my lord the king, I shall do all things, for which thou sentest in the beginning to me, thy servant; but I may not do this thing. And the messengers turned again, and told all things to him. (And so he answered to the messengers of Benhadad, and said, Say ye to my lord the king, I, thy servant, shall do all the things for which thou sentest to me at the beginning; but I cannot do this thing. And the messengers returned, and told all these things to Benhadad.) 10 Which sent again, and said, Gods do these things to me, and add these things too (And Benhadad sent them back again to Ahab, to say to him, The gods do these things to me, and add these things too), if the dust of Samaria shall suffice to the fist[ful]s of all the people that followeth me. 11 And the king of Israel answered, and said, Say ye to him, A girded man, that is, he that goeth to battle, have not glory evenly as a man ungirded, that is, as he that hath the victory, and hath put off his armours. (And Ahab, the king of Israel, answered, and said, Say ye to him, A girded man, that is, he who goeth to battle, hath not equal glory to an ungirded man, that is, he who already hath the victory, and hath put off his armour.) 12 And it was done, when Benhadad had heard this word, he drank, and also the kings, in shadowing places (in a shady place in their tents); and he said to his servants, Compass ye the city. And they compassed it. 13 And lo! one prophet nighed to Ahab, king of Israel, and said to him, The Lord God saith these things, Certainly thou hast seen all this multitude full great (Certainly thou hast seen all this very great multitude); lo! I shall betake it into thine hand today, that thou know that I am the Lord. 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said to Ahab, The Lord saith these things, By the squires, or the footmen, of the princes of (the) provinces. And Ahab said, Who shall begin to fight? And the prophet said, Thou. 15 Therefore he numbered the young men of the princes of [the] provinces, and he found the number of two hundred and two and thirty; and after them he numbered the people, all the sons of Israel, seven thousand. (And so he called for the young men who served the leaders of the provinces, and he found them to number two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he called for the people, yea, all the Israelites/the whole Israelite army, seven thousand of them.) 16 And they went out in midday. Forsooth Benhadad drank, and was drunken in his shadowing place, and (the) two and thirty kings with him, that came to the help of him. (And they went out at midday. And in a shady place in their tents, Benhadad drank, and became drunk, as did the thirty-two kings who were with him, who came to help him.) 17 And the young men of the princes of (the) provinces went out in the first front. Therefore Benhadad sent men, which told to him, and said, Men went out of Samaria (And Benhadad sent out men, who reported back to him, and said, Some men have come out of Samaria). 18 And he said, Whether they come for peace, take ye them quick; whether to fight, take ye them quick. [And he saith, Whether for peace they come, taketh them alive; whether that they fight, taketh them alive.] 19 Therefore the young men of the princes of (the) provinces went out, and the residue host followed (them); 20 and each smote the man that came against him. And (the) men of Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; also Benhadad, the king of Syria, fled on an horse with his knights. 21 Also the king of Israel went out, and smote (the) horses and chariots, and he smote Syria with a full great vengeance. (And the king of Israel went out, and struck down the horses and the chariots, and he struck down the Syrians with a very great slaughter.) 22 Forsooth a prophet nighed to the king of Israel, and said, Go thou, and be strengthened, and know, and see, what thou shalt do; for the king of Syria shall ascend against thee in the year following (for the king of Syria shall also come against thee next year). 23 Soothly the servants of the king of Syria said to him, The Gods of hills be the Gods of the sons of Israel (The gods of the hills be the gods of the Israelites), therefore they overcame us; but it is better that we fight against them in [the] field places, and we shall get them there. 24 Therefore do thou this word, or counsel; remove thou all [the] kings from thine host, and set thou princes for them; (And so do thou this thing, or follow thou this counsel; remove thou all the kings from thy army, and put thou other leaders in their place;) 25 and restore thou the number of knights, that felled of thine, and [the] horses after the former horses, and restore thou [the] chariots, by the chariots which thou haddest before; and we shall fight against them in [the] field places, and thou shalt see, that we shall get them. He believed to the counsel of them, and did so (He believed in their counsel, and did so). 26 Therefore after that the year had passed, Benhadad numbered men of Syria (Benhadad called for the Syrians), and he went up into Aphek, to fight against Israel. 27 Forsooth the sons of Israel were numbered; and when meats were taken, they went forth even against (them); and they, as two little flocks of goats, setted tents against men of Syria. Forsooth men of Syria filled the land. (And the Israelites were also called for; and when provisions were taken, they went forth opposite them; and they, as but two little flocks of goats, pitched their tents opposite the Syrians. And the Syrians filled the land.) 28 And one prophet of God nighed, and said to the king of Israel, The Lord God saith these things, For (the) men of Syria said, God of hills is the Lord of them, and he is not God of valleys (The god of the hills is their Lord, and he is not the god of the valleys), (and so) I shall give all this great multitude in(to) thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 29 And seven days these and they dressed battle arrays even against each other; and in the seventh day the battle was joined altogether, and the sons of Israel smote of the men of Syria an hundred thousand of footmen in one day. (And for seven days these and they directed battle arrays opposite each other; and then on the seventh day the battle was joined, and the Israelites struck down a hundred thousand Syrian footmen in one day.) 30 And they that (were) left fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall felled down upon seven and twenty thousand of (the) men that (were) left. Forsooth Benhadad fled, and entered into the city, into a closet that was within a closet; 31 and his servants said to him, [Lo!] We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel be merciful, therefore put we sackcloths in our loins, and cords in our heads (and so let us put sackcloths on our loins, and cords on our heads), and go we out to the king of Israel; in hap he shall save our lives. 32 They girded their loins with sackcloths, and put cords in their heads, and they came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let my soul live. And he said, If Benhadad liveth yet, he is my brother. (And so they girded up their loins with sackcloths, and put cords on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And Ahab said, If Benhadad yet liveth, he is my brother, that is, I will make peace with him.) 33 Which thing the men of Syria took for a gracious word, and they ravished hastily the word of his mouth (and they hastily took hold of the word of his mouth), and said, Thy brother Benhadad liveth. And Ahab said to them, Go ye, and bring ye him to me. Therefore Benhadad went out to him, and he raised up Benhadad into his chariot. 34 [The] Which Benhadad said to him, I shall yield the cities which my father took from thy father, and make thou streets to thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria; and I shall be bound to peace, and I shall depart from thee. Therefore Ahab made [a] bond of peace with him, and delivered him. (And Benhadad said to Ahab, I shall give back the cities which my father took from thy father, and then thou can make streets of commerce, or for trading, for thyself in Damascus, like my father made in Samaria. And Ahab said, On those terms I shall be bound in peace with thee, and then thou can depart from me. And so he made a covenant with him, and let him go.) 35 Then a man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow, in the word of the Lord (by the word of the Lord), Smite thou me. And he would not smite (him). 36 To whom the prophet said, For thou wouldest not hear the voice of the Lord, lo! thou shalt go [away] from me, and a lion shall smite thee. And when he had gone a little from him, a lion found him, and slew him. 37 But also the prophet found another man, and he said to that man, Smite thou me. And he smote him, and wounded him. 38 Therefore the prophet went, and met the king in the way; and he changed with a cloth, that is, by (the) wrapping of a cloth, his mouth and eyes. (And so the prophet went, and met the king on the way; and he covered his mouth and his eyes with a cloth, that is, he disguised his face by wrapping it in a cloth.) 39 And when the king had passed (And as the king passed by), he cried to the king, and said, Thy servant went out to fight anon, and when one man had fled, a man brought him to me, and said, Keep thou this man; and if he escapeth, thy life shall be for his life, either thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 40 Soothly while I was troubled, and turned me hither and thither, suddenly he appeared not. And the king of Israel said to him, This is thy doom that thou [thyself] hast deemed. (And while I was troubled, and turned myself here and there, suddenly he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, This is thy judgement, or thy sentence, that thou thyself hast pronounced, or declared.) 41 And anon he removed the cloth, either binding, from his face (And at once he removed the cloth, or the wrapping, from his face), and the king of Israel knew him, that he was (one) of the prophets. 42 The which said to the king, The Lord saith these things, For thou deliveredest from thine hand a man worthy (of) death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 Therefore the king of Israel turned again into his house, and despised to hear God’s word, and came wroth into Samaria. (And so the king of Israel returned to his house, despising the word of God that he had heard, and came back angry to Samaria.)
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1 राजा 20 Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) बेन-हदद र आहाब लडाईंमा जान्छन् 20 बेन-हदद अरामका राजा थिए। उनले आफ्नो सबै सेनाहरू जम्मा गरे। उनीसँग 32 जना राजाहरू थिए। तिनीहरूसँग घोडा अनि रथहरू थिए। तिनीहरूले सामरिया माथि आक्रमण गरे अनि त्यसको विरोधमा लडाईं गरे। 2 राजाले इस्राएलका राजा आहाब कहाँ शहरमा राजदूतहरू पठाए। 3 संदेश यस्तो थियो, “बेन-हदद भन्दछन्, ‘तिमीले मलाई तिम्रो चाँदी र सुन दिनु पर्छ। तिमीले आफ्ना स्वास्नीहरू र नानीहरू पनि मलाई दिनु पर्छ।’” 4 इस्राएलका राजाले उत्तर दिए, “महाराज, मेरा मालिक म सहमत छु कि म अहिले तिम्रो हुँ अनि मसित भएको प्रत्येक वस्तु तिम्रो हो।” 5 तब राजदूत फर्केर आहाब कहाँ आए। तिनीहरूले भने, “बेन-हदद भन्दछन्, ‘मैले तिमीलाई पहिले भनेको थिएँ। तिमीले तिम्रो सबै सुन, चाँदी तथा पत्नीहरू र नानीहरू मलाई दिनु पर्छ। 6 भोलि म तिम्रो घर र तिम्रा अधिकारीहरूको घर खोजीनिधि गर्न मानिसहरू पठाउँदैछु। तिमीले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई सबै बहुमूल्य वस्तुहरू दिनु पर्छ अनि तिनीहरूले ती वस्तुहरू म कहाँ ल्याउनेछन्।’” 7 यसकारण राजा आहाबले देशका सबै प्रमुख अगुवाहरूको सभा बोलाए। आहाबले भने, “हेर, बेन-हदद सङ्कट खोजिरहेका छन्। पहिला उनले मलाई भने मैले उनलाई मेरा पत्नीहरू, मेरा नानीहरू, मेरो चाँदी र मेरो सुन दिनु पर्छ। ती वस्तुहरू उनलाई दिन म राजी भएँ। अनि अहिले उनी सबै वस्तुहरू लिन चाहन्छन्।” 8 तर सबै बूढा-प्रधानहरू र मानिसहरूले भने, “उनको आज्ञा नमान। उनी जे भन्दछन् त्यो नगर।” 9 यसकारण आहाबले एक जना राजदूत बेन हदद समक्ष पठाए। आहाबले भने, “म त्यही गर्नेछु जो तिमीले पहिला भनेका थियौ। तर म तिम्रो दोस्रो आदेश पालन गर्ने छैन।” राजा बेन-हददका मानिसहरूले संदेश राजाकहाँ पुर्याए। 10 तब दूत राजा बेन-हददबाट अर्को संदेश लिएर फर्किए। संदेश थियो, “म सामरियालाई सम्पूर्ण रूपले नष्ट पार्नेछु। म कसम खान्छु, त्यहाँ मेरा प्रत्येक मानिसका निम्ति एक मुठ्ठी धूलो पनि रहने छैन। मेरा देवताले मलाई नष्ट पारून् यदि मैले यस्तो गर्न सकिन भने!” 11 राजा आहाबले उत्तर दिए, “बेन-हददलाई भन जुन मानिसले कवच धारण गर्छ, त्यसले त्यस मानिसको जस्तो गर्व नगरोस्, जो त्यसलाई खोल्न मानिसले झैं घमण्ड गर्नु हुँदैन।” 12 राजा बेन-हदद अरू शासकहरूसँग आफ्नो पालमा मद्यपान गरिरहेका थिए। त्यस बेला संदेशवाहकहरू आए अनि उनलाई राजा आहाबको संदेश दिए। राजा बेन-हददले आफ्ना मानिसहरूलाई आहाबको शहरलाई आक्रमण गर्न तयार हुने आदेश दिए। उनका मानिसहरू तिनीहरू आफैं युद्धका निम्ति तयार भए। 13 त्यसै बेला एक जना अगमवक्ता राजा आहाबकहाँ गए। अगमवक्ताले भने, “राजा आहाब, परमप्रभुले तिमीलाई भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘के तिमीले विशाल सेना देखेका छौ? म, तिमीलाई तिनीहरूलाई परास्त पार्ने शक्ति दिइरहकोछु। तब तिमी जान्ने छौ म परमप्रभु हुँ।’” 14 आहाबले भने, “तिनीहरूलाई परास्त गर्नका लागि तपाईं कसलाई प्रयोगगर्न हुनेछ?” अगमवक्ताले भने, “परमप्रभु भन्नुहुन्छ, ‘सरकारी अधिकारीका साना सहायकहरू।’” तब राजाले सोधे, “मुख्य सेनालाई कसले नियन्त्रण गर्छ?” अगमवक्ताले उत्तर दिए, “तपाईंले।” 15 यसकारण आहाबले सरकारी अधिकारीका तरूण सहायकहरूलाई भेला गरे। ती जम्मा 232 जना तन्देरी मानिसहरू थिए। तब राजाले इस्राएलका सेनाहरूलाई एकसाथ बोलाए। जम्मा संख्या 7,000 पुग्यो। 16 राजा बेन-हदद अनि 32 जना राजाहरू जो उनलाई सघाउथे तिनीहरू आ-आफ्नो पाल भित्र मद्यपान गरिरहेका थिए। यसै बेला राजा आहाबको आक्रामण शुरू भयो। 17 तन्देरी सहायकहरूले पहिला आक्रामण गरे। राजा बेन-हददका मानिसहरूले उनलाई भने, सैनिकहरू सामरियाबाट बाहिर निस्किए। 18 यसकारण बेन-हददले भने, “तिनीहरू लडाईँ गर्न आइरहेका हुनेछन्। अथवा तिनीहरू शान्तिको कुरा गर्न आइरहेकाछन्। तिनीहरूलाई जिउँदै पक्र।” 19 राजा आहाबका तन्देरी अधिकारीहरूले आक्रामणको नेतृत्व गरिरहेका थिए। इस्राएलका सेनाहरूले तिनीहरूलाई अनुशरण गरिरहेका थिए। 20 तब इस्राएलीहरूले प्रत्येकलाई मारे जो तिनीहरूको बाटोमा खडा थिए। यसकारण अरामका सेनाहरू भाग्न थाले। इस्राएलका सेनाहरूले तिनीको पछि लाग्ने काम गरे। राजा बेन-हदद एउटा रथको घोडामा चढेर भागे। 21 राजा आहाबले सेनालाई नेतृत्व दिए अनि अरामको सैनिकहरूबाट सबै घोडाहरू अनि रथहरू कब्जा गरे। यसकारण राजा आहाबले अरामी सेनालाई परास्त गराए। 22 तब अगमवक्ता राजा आहाब समक्ष गए र भने, “अरामका राजा, बेन-हदद आउँदो बसन्तमा तिमीसित लडाईं गर्न फेरि आउनेछ। यसकारण तिमीले अहिले आफ्नो घर जानुपर्छ अनि आफ्नो सैनिकलाई बलियो बनाउनु पर्छ। अनि उनलाई परास्त गर्नका लागि सचेत योजनाहरू बनाऊ।” बेन-हदद फेरि आक्रामण गर्छन् 23 राजा बेन-हददका अधिकारीहरूले उनलाई भने, “इस्राएलका देवताहरू त पहाडहरूका देवता हुन्। हामीले पर्वतीय क्षेत्रमा लडाईं गर्यौ। यसकारण इस्राएलका मानिसहरूले जीते। यसकारण हामी उनीहरूसँग त्यस ठाउँमा लडाईं गरौं। तब हामी जित्ने छौं। 24 तिमीले यही काम गर्नु पर्नेछ। सैनिकहरूलाई आदेश दिने अनुमति 32 जना राजाहरूलाई नदिनु। तिनीहरूको सैनिकहरूलाई सेनापतिहरूले नै नियन्त्रण गरून्। 25 अब तिनी मासिएको सैनिक जस्तैं सैनिक गठन गर। त्यस सेनाका जस्तैं घोडाहरू र रथहरू भेला गर। त्यसपछि हामीले सम्म भूमिमा इस्राएलीहरू सँग लडाईं गर्नु पर्छ। तब हामी जित्ने छौं।” बेन-हददले तिनीहरूको सल्लाह माने। उनले त्यही गरे जो तिनीहरूले भने। 26 यसकारण बेन-हददले बसन्तमा अरामीहरूलाई भेला गरे। उनी इस्राएलीहरू सँग युद्ध गर्न अपेक गए। 27 इस्राएलीहरू युद्धका लागि तयार भए। इस्राएली मानिसहरू अरामी सैनिकसित युद्ध गर्न हिंडे। तिनीहरूले अराम शिबिरको पछाडि तिर आफ्नो शिबिर बनाए। शत्रुको तुलनामा इस्राएलीहरू बाख्राका दुइवटा साना बथानहरू जस्ता देखिन्थे तर अरामेली सैनिकहरूले सबै इलाकाहरू ढाकेका थिए। 28 परमेश्वरका जन इस्राएलका राजाकहाँ आए र भनेः “परमप्रभुले भन्नुभएको छ, ‘अरामका मानिसहरूले त्यो सोच्छन्, म, परमप्रभु हुँ पर्वतहरूका मात्र परमेश्वर हुँ, अनि म सम्म भूमिको पनि परमेश्वर होइन। यसकारण म तिमीलाई यो विशाल शत्रुलाई परास्त गर्ने शक्ति दिन्छु। तब तिमी जान्ने छौ, कि म नै परमप्रभु हुँ।’” 29 सात दिनसम्म सैनिकहरू एका-अर्काको सामु शिबिरमा बसिरहे। सातौं दिन लडाईं शुरू भयो। एक दिनमा इस्राएलीहरूले 1,00,000 अरामका सैनिकहरू मारे। 30 बाँचेकाहरू अपेक शहरतिर भागे। शहरको पर्खाल ती सैनिकहरू मध्ये 27,000 माथि ढल्यो। बेन-हदद पनि शहरतिर भागे। उनी एउटा कोठामा लुके। 31 उनका सेवकहरूले उनलाई भने, “हामीले सुनेका थियौं, इस्राएलका राजाहरू दयालु छन्। हामी खस्रो लुगा लगाऔं अनि टाउकोमा डोरी बाँधौं। त्यसपछि इस्राएलका राजा कहाँ जाऔं। हुन सक्छ उनीले हामीलाई जिउँदो बस्न दिने छन्।” 32 तिनीहरूले खस्रो लुगा लगाएर टाउकोमा डोरी बाँधे। तिनीहरू इस्राएलका राजाकहाँ गए। तिनीहरूले भने, “तिम्रो सेवक, बेन-हदद भन्दछन्, ‘कृपया मलाई बाँच्न देऊ।’” आहाबले भने, “के उनी अझै जिउँदै छन्? उनी मेरा भाइ हुन्।” 33 बेन-हददका मानिसहरूले अहाबको शब्दको संकेत सुन्ने आशा गरेका थिए त्यो उसले बेन-हदूदलाई मार्ने छैन्। जब राजा आहाबले भन्यो त्यो बेन-हदद उसको भाइ थियो, सल्लाहकारले लगत्तै भने, “हो, बेन-हदद तपाईंका भाइ हुन्।” आहाबले भने, “उनलाई मकहाँ ल्याऊ।” यसकारण बेन-हदद राजा आहाब समक्ष आए। राजा आहाबले उनलाई ऊ सितै रथमा बस्नभने। 34 बेन-हददले उनलाई भने, “आहाब, म तिमीलाई शहरहरू दिनेछु जो मेरा पिताले तिम्रा पिताबाट लिएका थिए। अनि तिमी दमीशकमा पसलहरू खोल्न सक्ने छौ जसरी मेरा पिताले सामरियामा गरेका थिए।” आहाबले उत्तर दिए, “यदि तिमी यसमा सहमत हुन्छौ भने म तिमीलाई मुक्त रूपमा जान दिने छु।” यसकारण दुइजना राजाहरूले शान्ति सम्झौता गरे। त्यसपछि राजा आहाबले राजा बेन-हददलाई मुक्त गरे। एउटा अगमवक्ता आहाबको विरूद्धमा बोल्छन् 35 एक जना अगमवक्ताले अर्का अगमवक्ताहरूलाई भने, “म माथि प्रहार गर!” उनले भने परमप्रभुले यसो गर्न भनी आदेश दिनुभएको थियो। तर अर्को अगमवक्ताले उनी माथि प्रहार गर्न मानेनन्। 36 यसकारण पहिला अगमवक्ताले भने, “तिमीले परमप्रभुको आदेश पालन गरेनौ। यसकारण एउटा सिंहले तिमीलाई मार्नेछ जब तिमी यो ठाउँ छोड्ने छौ।” अर्का अगमवक्ता त्यो ठाउँ छोडेअनि एउटा सिंहले उनलाई मार्यो। 37 पहिलो अगमवक्ता अर्को मानिस समक्ष गए अनि भने, “ममाथि प्रहार गर!” त्यस मानिसले उनी माथि प्रहार गर्यो अनि अगमवक्ताहरूलाई घाइते बनायो। 38 यसकारण अगमवक्ताले आफ्नो अनुहार एउटा लुगाले छोपे। यस प्रकार उनी को हुन भनी कसैले पनि थाह पाउन सकेन। अगमवक्ता गए अनि बाटोमा राजाको प्रतीक्षा गर्न थाले। 39 जब राजा आए अनि अगमवक्ताले उनलाई बोलाए र भने, “म युद्धमा लडाईं गर्न हिंडे। हाम्रा चार जना मानिसहरू मध्ये एक जनाले एक जना शत्रुको सैनिक मकहाँ ल्यायो। मानिसले भन्यो, ‘यस मानिसलाई हेरिराख। यदि यो मानिस भाग्यो भने तैंले आफ्नो जीवन यसको ठाउँमा दिनु पर्छ अथवा तैंले एक तोडा सुन दण्ड तिर्नु पर्नेछ।’ 40 तर म अरू नै काममा व्यस्त भएँ। यस कारण त्यो मानिस भाग्यो।” इस्राएलका राजाले भने, “तिमीले आफैंले भनी सकेकाछौ तिमीलाई सजाय हुनु पर्छ।” 41 तब अगमवक्ताले आफ्नो अनुहारबाट लुगा निकाल्यो। इस्राएलका राजाले उनलाई हेरे अनि उनी एक जना अगमवक्ता हुन भनी थाह पाए। 42 तब अगमवक्ताले राजालाई भने, “परमप्रभुले भन्नु भएकोछ, ‘तपाईंले त्यस मानिसलाई मुक्त गराउनु भयो जसलाई मैले भनेथें त्यो मर्नु पर्छ। यसकारण उसको सट्टामा तिमी मर्ने छौ अनि तिम्रा सैनिकहरू उसको सैनिकहरूको सट्टामा मर्नेछन्!’” 43 तब राजा आफ्नो घर सामरिया फर्किए। उनी चिन्तित र उदास थिए।