24 And it came about afterward that Ben-haʹdad the king of Syria proceeded to collect all his camp together and to go up and besiege+ Sa·marʹi·a.

12 At this Hazʹa·el said: “Why is my lord weeping?” To this he said: “Because I well know what injury+ you will do to the sons of Israel. Their fortified places you will consign to the fire, and their choice men you will kill with the sword, and their children you will dash to pieces,+ and their pregnant women you will rip up.”+

16 So he said: “I certainly see all the Israelites scattered upon the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd.+ And Jehovah went on to say: ‘These have no masters.+ Let them go back each one to his house in peace.’”+