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OET (OET-LV) And_sent to_him/it Ben Hₐdad and_he/it_said thus do to_me the_gods and_also may_they_add if it_will_suffice the_dust_of Shomrōn for_handful to/from_all/each/any/every the_people which in/on/at/with_feet_of_me.
OET (OET-RV) and Ben-Hadad sent another message, “The gods can do whatever they like to me and more if I leave enough dust in Shomron for all my prisoners to have a handful each.”[fn]
20:10 Most translations interpret ‘all the people at my feet’ to be Ben-Hadad’s (large) army (which appears to go back at least to the Vulgate ‘sequitur’), but we’ve TENTATIVELY interpreted it as his (future) prisoners/slaves.
May the gods do so to me and more also
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent to=him/it son_of -hadad and=he/it_said so do, to=me ʼElohīm and,also more if suffice dust_of Shomrōn for,handful to/from=all/each/any/every the,people which/who in/on/at/with,feet_of,me )
This is an oath with great emphasis. See how you translated this in [1 Kings 19:2](../19/02.md).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each
(Some words not found in UHB: and,sent to=him/it son_of -hadad and=he/it_said so do, to=me ʼElohīm and,also more if suffice dust_of Shomrōn for,handful to/from=all/each/any/every the,people which/who in/on/at/with,feet_of,me )
Ben Hadad is threatening that his army will totally destroy everything in Samaria.
20:10-11 Ben-hadad’s third delegation delivered an ultimatum: Surrender or die. His caustic threat to thoroughly plunder Samaria was reinforced with a curse, an example of the psychological warfare often practiced in the ancient Near East (see 2 Kgs 18:19-35).
• Ahab’s third reply to Ben-hadad contained proverbial wisdom. The outcome of the conflict was not yet sealed.
OET (OET-LV) And_sent to_him/it Ben Hₐdad and_he/it_said thus do to_me the_gods and_also may_they_add if it_will_suffice the_dust_of Shomrōn for_handful to/from_all/each/any/every the_people which in/on/at/with_feet_of_me.
OET (OET-RV) and Ben-Hadad sent another message, “The gods can do whatever they like to me and more if I leave enough dust in Shomron for all my prisoners to have a handful each.”[fn]
20:10 Most translations interpret ‘all the people at my feet’ to be Ben-Hadad’s (large) army (which appears to go back at least to the Vulgate ‘sequitur’), but we’ve TENTATIVELY interpreted it as his (future) prisoners/slaves.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.