So the king of Israel answered and said, "Tell [him,] 'Let not the one who puts on [his armor] boast like the one who takes [it off.'] "

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, "Look, two kings could not stand up to him; how then can we stand?"

"Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

"Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.