1 Kings 20:10
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And Ben–hadad 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.”
סָפַק
to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomit
עָפָר
the dust of
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עָפָר
Dust, dry earth. Aphar. The material from which God formed Adam. You are dust and to dust you shall return. But between the dust God breathed His own life into you.
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עָשָׂה
may they do/ !
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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יָסַף
may they add
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יָסַף
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
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בֶּן־הֲדַד
Ben
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בֶּן־הֲדַד
Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
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שֹׁמְרוֹן
Samaria
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שֹׁמְרוֹן
Shomeron, a place in Palestine
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