²⁸ They said, “We have seen plainly ^(A)that the Lord has been with you; so we said, ‘An oath must now be taken ^[a]by us,’ that is, ^[b]by you and us. So let us make a covenant with you,

³⁴ And Ben-hadad said to him, “^(A)The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you can make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” Ahab said, “And I will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

¹³ Then he took one of the royal ^[a](A)family and made a covenant with him, ^[b]putting him under ^(B)oath. He also took away the ^(C)mighty of the land,