1 Kings 20:6-11

⁶But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

⁷Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

⁸And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

⁹So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

¹⁰Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”

¹¹And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

— 1 Kings 20:6-11

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Cross References for 1 Kings 20:6-11

• 2 Kings 5:7
• Proverbs 27:1
• 1 Kings 19:2
• Isaiah 10:15-16
• Exodus 11:8
• Ecclesiastes 9:11
• 1 Samuel 17:44-47
• Lamentations 1:7
• Proverbs 24:2
• Job 15:35

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