Instead of striking Ben - hadad down, Ahab concluded a covenant with him by which streets in the Syrian capital, Damascus, would be assigned to Ahab, evidently for the establishment of bazaars, or markets.
כ ’: 34 ‏ — מדוע חס אחאב על נפשו של בן הדד מלך ארם אחרי שיהוה נתן בידיו את הארמים?