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1 Kings 20:10-12
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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.”’

12 Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents,[a] and he ordered his men: ‘Prepare to attack.’ So they prepared to attack the city.

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  1. 1 Kings 20:12 Or in Sukkoth; also in verse 16
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