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Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

1 Kings 20:10 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 રાજાઓ ૨૦:૧૦
પછી બેન-હદાદે આહાબ પાસે માણસ મોકલીને સંદેશો મોકલ્યો, “જો મારી સાથે આવેલા બધા લોકોને ભાગે સમરુનની મુઠ્ઠી ધૂળ પણ આવે, તો દેવતાઓ મને એવું અને એનાથી પણ વધારે વિતાડો.”
हिन्दी1 राजाओं २०:१०
तब बेन्हदद ने अहाब के पास कहला भेजा, “ यदि सामरिया में इतनी धूल निकले कि मेरे सब पीछे चलनेहारों की मुट्ठी भर जाए तो देवता मेरे साथ ऐसा ही वरन् इससे भी अधिक करें।” (मत्ती 12:42, लूका 11:31)

In context

8All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”

9Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” The messengers departed and brought him back the message.

10Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

11The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”

12When Ben Hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, he said to his servants, “Prepare to attack!” So they prepared to attack the city.

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