1 Kings 19:2

Context
19:2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,¹ “May the gods judge me severely² if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”³

1 Kings 20:10

Context

20:10 Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely⁴ if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”⁵

[19:2] ¹tn Heb “saying.”

[19:2] ²tn Heb “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add.”

[19:2] ³tn Heb “I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

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

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