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1 Kings 20:9-11
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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.’”[a] So the messengers went back and gave their report.

10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely[b] if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for all my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”[c] 11 The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.”[d]

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  1. 1 Kings 20:9 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”
  2. 1 Kings 20:10 tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”
  3. 1 Kings 20:10 tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”
  4. 1 Kings 20:11 sn The point of the saying is that someone who is still preparing for a battle should not boast as if he has already won the battle. A modern parallel would be, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.”
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