Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

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Bible References

The gods

1 Kings 19:2
She sent a message to Elijah: May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I do not do the same thing to you that you did to the prophets.
Acts 23:12
When day arrived some of the Jews came together and united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

If the dust

2 Samuel 17:12
Find him and attack him! We will fall on him as dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of his men will be left alive.
2 Kings 19:23
You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests.
Isaiah 10:13
The king of Assyria says: By the strength of my hand I have done it. By my wisdom and understanding I have done it! I am prudent! Also I have removed the boundaries of the nations. I have robbed their treasuries. I have brought down people like a mighty man!
Isaiah 37:24
By your messengers you have heaped insults on Jehovah. You said: With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I reach its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.

Follow me

Exodus 11:8
All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves before me. They will say: Go out, you and all the people who follow you. Then I will go out. He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.