Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 13
1 Kings 20:10-12
Boasts before battle
Ahab and Ben-hadad · 1 Kings 20
Story guide: Ben-hadad's threat and Ahab's reply frame the scene, while the Aramean kings drink in their booths.
Open this scene in the reader →10Ben-hadad sent him this reply: “May the gods punish me severely if Samaria has enough dust for each of my soldiers to take a handful!”
11The king of Israel replied, “Tell him, ‘A man strapping on his armor should not boast like a man taking it off.’”
12Ben-hadad was drinking with the kings in their shelters when he heard this message. He ordered his servants, “Take your positions!” So they took their positions against the city.
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