29.以色列人與亞蘭人相對安營七日,到第七日兩軍交戰;那一日以色列人殺了亞蘭人步兵十萬,
For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted a hundred thousand casualties on the Aramean foot soldiers in one day.
30.其餘的逃入亞弗城;城牆塌倒,壓死剩下的二萬七千人。便哈達也逃入城,藏在嚴密的屋子裏。
The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
31.他的臣僕對他說:「我們聽說以色列王都是仁慈的王,現在我們不如腰束麻布,頭套繩索,出去投降以色列王,或者他存留王的性命。」
His officials said to him, 「Look, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.」
32.於是他們腰束麻布,頭套繩索,去見以色列王,說:「王的僕人便哈達說,求王存留我的性命。」亞哈說:「他還活著嗎?他是我的兄弟。」
Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, 「Your servant Ben-Hadad says: 『Please let me live.』」 The king answered, 「Is he still alive? He is my brother.」
33.這些人留心探出他的口氣來,便急忙就著他的話說:「便哈達是王的兄弟!」王說:「你們去請他來。」便哈達出來見王,王就請他上車。
The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. 「Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!」 they said. 「Go and get him,」 the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
34.便哈達對王說:「我父從你父那裏所奪的城邑,我必歸還。你可以在大馬士革立街市,像我父在撒瑪利亞所立的一樣。」亞哈說:「我照此立約,放你回去」,就與他立約,放他去了。
「I will return the cities my father took from your father,」 Ben-Hadad offered. 「You may set up your own market areas in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.」 Ahab said, 「On the basis of a treaty I will set you free.」 So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.