1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ¹  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ²  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ³ 

1 Kings 20:10

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely ⁴  if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.” ⁵ 

[16:2]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

[16:2]  ² tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

[16:2]  ³ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

[20:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[20:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “if the dirt of Samaria suffices for the handfuls of all the people who are at my feet.”