1. Peace is made between Achav and Ben Hadad:
- Ben Hadad goes into hiding and pleads before Achav for mercy: Ben-Haddad fled and came into the city into a chamber within a chamber. His servants said to him, “Behold, we have heard that the kings of Israel are kind. Let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads and let us go out to the king of Israel, and perhaps he will spare your life.” So, they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to Achav, the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-Haddad is begging for his life be spared.” Achav replied, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
- Achav spares Ben Hadad: The servants of Ben Hadad took Achav’s peaceful words seriously, and they had Ben-Hadad come out to Achav, and Achav helped him climb up into the chariot.
- Ben Hadad returns cities to Achav: Ben Hadad said to Achav, “I will return the cities which my father took from your father [Omri]. You should make streets for yourself in Damascus [and rule over the city[1]] as my father had made in the Shomron.” Achav replied that he will, release Ben Hadad with this treaty of condition. And he forged with him a treaty, and he released him.
[1] Rashi 20:34
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