And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
And if he shall enter into any city, all Israel shall cast ropes round about that city: and we will draw it into the river, so that there shall not be found so much as one small stone thereof.