1 Kings 20:8-10

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⁸ But the elders and all the people said, “Don’t obey him or do what he says.”

⁹ So Ahab sent a message to Ben-Hadad that said, “I will do what you said at first, but I cannot obey your second command.”

King Ben-Hadad’s men carried the message to the king. ¹⁰ Then they came back with another message from Ben-Hadad that said, “I will completely destroy Samaria. I promise that there will be nothing left of that city! There will not be enough of that city left for my men to find any souvenirs^[a] to take home. May the gods destroy me if I don’t do this!”