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1 Kings 20:1

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Benhadad: 1 Kings 15:18, 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 8:7-10; 2 Chronicles 16:2-4; Jeremiah 49:27; Amos 1:4

Thirty and two: 1 Kings 20:16, 1 Kings 20:24; Genesis 14:1-5; Judges 1:7; Ezra 7:12; Isaiah 10:8; Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37

and horses: Exodus 14:7; Deuteronomy 20:1; Judges 4:3; 1 Samuel 13:5; Isaiah 37:24

besieged: Leviticus 26:25; Deuteronomy 28:52; 2 Kings 6:24-29, 2 Kings 17:5-6

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