1 Kings 20:8-10

The Message

⁸ The elders, backed by the people, said, “Don’t cave in to him. Don’t give an inch.”

⁹ So he sent an envoy to Ben-Hadad, “Tell my distinguished lord, ‘I agreed to the terms you delivered the first time, but this I can’t do—this I won’t do!’”

The envoy went back and delivered the answer.

¹⁰ Ben-Hadad shot back his response: “May the gods do their worst to me, and then worse again, if there’ll be anything left of Samaria but rubble.”