1 Kings 20:9-10

20:9 So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Say this to my master, the king, ‘I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.’” So the messengers went back and gave their report.

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”


tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”

tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”