¹⁰ Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, ^(A)“The gods do so to me, and more also, if enough dust is left of Samaria for a handful for each of the people ^[a]who follow me.”

¹¹ So the king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor ^(B)boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”