Positivity Successor - Episode 350 - Positivity Successor (1 Kings 20-21)

Episode Date: June 10, 2026

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Hey, positive people. Welcome to positivity successor. This goes from Monday through Sunday and quitting holidays, every season, every year, according to leap year. Thanks for tuning to the light changing podcast. God bless. Amen. Have a positive day. Welcome to positivity successor episode 350. Continue on with the Bible. Let's get into it. Ben Haddad attacks Samaria 20. Now Ben Ahadad, King of Aram mustered his entire army, accompanied by 32 kings with their horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria and attacked it. He sent messengers into the city to Ahab, King of Israel, saying,

This is what Ben Haddad says. Your silver and gold are mine. And the best of your wives. and children are mine. The king of Israel answered, just as you say, my lord the king, and I and all I

have are yours. The messengers came again and said, this is what Ben Haddad says. I sent to demand your silver and gold, your wives and your children,

but about this time tomorrow, I'm going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away. The king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said to them, See how this man is looking for trouble? When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him. The elders and the people all answered,

don't listen to him or agree to his demands. So he replied to Ben Haddad's messengers, Tell my Lord the king, Your servant will do all you demanded the first time. But this demand I cannot meet. They left and took the answer back to Ben Hadid. Then Ben Hadid sent him. to know their message to Ahab.

May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely. If enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful, the king of Israel answered, Tell him, one who puts on his armor should not boast, like one who takes it off. Benadad heard this message while he, and the kings were drinking in their tents. And he ordered his men, prepared to attack.

So they prepared to attack the city. Ahab defeats Ben Haddad. Meanwhile, a prophet came to Ahab, king of Israel, and announced, This is what the Lord says. Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know that I am the Lord. But who will do this? asked Ahab. The prophet replied, this is what the Lord says.

The young officers of the provincial commanders will do it. And who will start the battle? he asked. The prophet answered, you will. so summoned the young officers of the provincial commanders, 232 men. Then he assembled the rest of the Israelites 7,000 in all. They set out at noon while Ben Haddad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents, getting drunk. The young officers of the provincial

commanders went out first. Now, Benadad had dispatched scouts who reported, men are advancing from Samaria. He said, if they have come out for peace, take them alive. If they have come out for war, take them alive. The young officers of the provincial commanders marched out of the city

with the army behind him, and each one struck down his opponent at that. The Aramians fled with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben Haddad, King of Aram, escaped on horseback

with some of his horsemen. The King of Israel advanced and overpowered the horse and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the aramis. Afterward, the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, Strengthen your position and see what must be done, because next spring, the king of Aram will attack you again. Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him.

Their gods are gods of the gods of the, the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the planes, surely we will be stronger than they. Do this. Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers. You must also raise an army like the one you lost. Horse for horse and chariot for chariot. so we can fight Israel on the plains. Then surely we will be stronger than they. He agreed with them and acted accordingly. The next spring, Ben Haddad mustered the Aramans

and went up to F. Heck, to fight against Israel. When the Israelites were also mustered and given provisions, they marched out to me to meet them. The Israelites camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats while the arameans covered the countryside. The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, this is what the Lord says, because the arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills

and not a god of the valleys. I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the Lord. For seven days, they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day, the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted 100,000 casualties on the arameen foot soldiers in one day. The rest of them escaped to the city of Africa, where the wall collapsed on 27,000 of them,

and Ben Haddad fled to the city and hid in an inner room. His officials said to him, Look, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps we will spare your life. Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben Haddad says,

Please, let me live there. Let me live. The king answered, is he still alive? He is my brother. The men took this as a good sign, and were quick to pick up his word. Yes, your brother, Ben Haddad, they said. Go and get him, the king said.

When Ben Haddad came out, Ahab had him come up into his chariot. I will return the cities my father took from your father. Ben Haddad 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 we made a treaty with him and let him go. A prophet condemns Ahab.

By the word of the Lord, one of the sons of the prophet said to his companion, Strike me with their weapon, but the man refused. So the prophet said, Because you have not obeyed the Lord as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you. And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him. The prophet found another man and said, strike me, please. So the man struck him and wounded him. Then the prophet went and stood by the road, waiting for the king.

He disguised himself with his headband down, over. his eyes. As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him. Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and someone came to me with the captive and said, guard this man. If he is missing, it will be your life for his life, or you must pay a talent of silver. While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared. That is your sentence? The king of of Israel said, you have pronounced it yourself. Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. He said to the king, this is what the Lord says. You have set free a man

I have determined to die. Therefore, it is your life for his life, your people for his people. Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria. And that's we're going to stop. We'll pick back up with Nabath's Vineyard, 21. Life in Bible Times. Grape vines A hob thought that Nabath's vineyard was worth stealing. Grapes were one of the most important crops of Israel.

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