And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
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Gill's Exposition
And Benhadad sent unto him, and said,.... That is, to Ahab:
the gods do so unto me, and more also; bring greater evils upon me than I can think or express:
if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for…
Barnes' Notes
If the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls ... - In its general sense this phrase is undoubtedly a boast that the number of Ben-hadad’s troops was such as to make resistance vain and foolish.…
Adam Clarke
If the dust of Samaria shall suffice - This is variously understood. Jonathan translates thus: "If the dust of Shomeron shall be sufficient for the soles of the feet of the people that shall accompany…
Here is, I. The threatening descent which Ben-hadad made upon Ahab's kingdom, and the siege he laid to Samaria, his royal city, Kg1 20:1. What the ground of the quarrel was we are not told;…
Cambridge Bible
if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me i.e. I will bring such a host that if each man were but to take with him a handful of earth, Samaria would be all…
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