1 Kings 20:9-11

New International Version - UK

⁹ So he replied to Ben-Hadad’s messengers, ‘Tell my lord the king, “Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.”’ They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.

¹⁰ Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: ‘May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.’

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, ‘Tell him: “One who puts on his armour should not boast like one who takes it off.”’