13 Then a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel, saying, “Thus says the Lord: Have you seen this great multitude? See, I will deliver it into your hand this day, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
14 Ahab asked, “By whom?”And he said, “Thus says the Lord: By the young leaders of the provinces.”Then he said, “Who shall order the battle?”And he answered, “You.”
15 Then he counted the young leaders of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two, and after them he counted all the people, all the children of Israel, and had seven thousand.
16 They went out at noon. But Ben-Hadad and the thirty-two kings who helped him were getting drunk in the pavilions.
17 The young leaders of the provinces went out first.Ben-Hadad sent out scouts, and they told him, “Men from Samaria have come out.”
18 He said, “If they have come out peacefully, take them alive, and if they have come out for battle, take them alive.”
19 So these young leaders of the provinces came out of the city, followed by the army.