Study it in the app“Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add, if the dust of Samaria is enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.””
Ben-hadadבֶּן הֲדַדsentוַיִּשְׁלַחto himאֵלָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Soכֹּהmay the godsאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשׂוּןto me,לִיand soוְכֹהmay they add,יוֹסִפוּifאִםthe dustעֲפַרof Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןis enoughיִשְׂפֹּקfor handfulsלִשְׁעָלִיםfor allלְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרfollow me.”בְּרַגְלָי
Ben-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ben” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appearsadd
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosifu” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsbe enough
To reach in quantity for everyone, to be enough.
Where else “yispok” appearshandful, palm
The hollow of the hand and what fits in it: a handful.
Where else “shealim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsfollow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “ragla” appearsSamaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
9So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Say to my lord the king, ‘All that you sent to ask of your servant the first time, I will do; but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers went away and brought him back word.
10 · This verse (above)
11The king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’”
