9 And so, he responded to the messengers of Benhadad: 'Tell my lord the king: Everything about which you sent to me in the beginning, I your servant will do. But this thing, I am not able to do.'
10 And returning, the messengers took this to him, and he sent again and said, 'May the gods do these things to me, and may they add these other things, if the dust of Samaria is enough to fill the hands of all the people who follow me.'
11 And responding, the king of Israel said, 'Tell him that one who is girded should not boast the same as one who is ungirded.'
12 Then it happened that, when Benhadad had heard this word, he and the kings were drinking in a pavilion. And he said to his servants, 'Encircle the city.' And they encircled it.
13 And behold, one prophet, drawing near to Ahab, the king of Israel, said to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Certainly, you have seen this entire exceedingly great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into your hand today, so that you may know that I am the Lord.'
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