1 Kings 20:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ So Ahab replied to Benhadad's messengers, “Tell my lord the king that I agreed to his first demand, but I cannot agree to the second.”

The messengers left and then returned with another message ¹⁰ from Benhadad: “I will bring enough men to destroy this city of yours and carry off the rubble in their hands. May the gods strike me dead if I don't!”

¹¹ King Ahab answered, “Tell King Benhadad that a real soldier does his bragging after a battle, not before it.”