¹⁷ ‘What was the message he gave you? ’ Eli asked. ‘Don’t hide it from me. May God punish you and do so severely if you hide anything from me that he told you.’^(A)

¹⁰ Then Ben-hadad sent messengers to him and said, ‘May the gods punish me and do so severely^(A) if Samaria’s dust^(B) amounts to a handful for each of the people who follow me.’

³¹ He announced, ‘May God punish me and do so severely^(A) if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.’