“Tell him, ‘Let not him that girds on his armor boast himself as he that puts it off.’” (King Ahab of Israel in response to the the demand of the Syrian king, Ben-Hadad, to surrender. 1 Kings, chapter 20)
huh?
90 posted on 08/30/2014 4:09:38 AM PDT by atc23
(The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
In other words, “Talk is cheap, big man. You’re expecting me to just surrender to you as if you just defeated me in battle? Why don’t you fight me first, and if you can defeat me, then you can brag about it.”
135 posted on 08/30/2014 11:32:47 AM PDT by fidelis
(Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)