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A Boast of Total Annihilation
Commentators unanimously explain Ben-hadad's strange-sounding threat. He is boasting that his army is so massive that if they were to completely pulverize the city of Samaria, there would not be enough dust to provide even a single handful for each of his soldiers. It is a hyperbolic boast meant to communicate overwhelming force and the certainty of Ahab's destruction.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 20:10
18th Century
Theologian
If the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls... — In its general sense, this phrase is undoubtedly a boast that the number of Ben-hadad’…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 20:10
19th Century
Bishop
The dust of Samaria —when razed to the ground. The phrase probably implies a threat of destruction, as well as a boast of overwhel…
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 20:10
19th Century
Preacher
That is to say, "I will bring so many against you that all the dust of the city would not be enough to provide a handful each."
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 20:10
17th Century
Pastor
And Benhadad sent unto him, and said
That is, to Ahab:
the gods do so unto me, and more also…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 20:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Benhadad sent Ahab a very insolent demand. Ahab sent a very disgraceful submission; sin brings people into such straits, by putting them out of Div…