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1 Kings 20:8-10
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 20:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 The elders and all of the people said to him, “Do not listen to him, do not agree!”
9 So he replied to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord, the king: ‘Your servant will do everything that you demanded the first time, but I cannot do this thing.’ ” The messengers went away and brought him the answer.
10 Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, “May the gods do this to me and more if there is enough dust remaining from Samaria to give a handful to each of those who follow me.”[a]
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- 1 Kings 20:10 The meaning is: I will destroy Samaria so completely that not enough will be left of it to supply each soldier with a handful of dust.
