1 Kings 20:35
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1 Kings 20:35
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Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of the LORD, "Please strike me." But the man refused to strike him.
1 Kings 20:36
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Then he said to him, "Because you have not listened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you." And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him.
1 Kings 20:37
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Then he found another man and said, "Please strike me." And the man struck him, wounding him.
1 Kings 20:38
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So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.
1 Kings 20:39
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As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, `Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.'
1 Kings 20:40
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~"While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." And the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided {it.}"
1 Kings 20:41
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Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.
1 Kings 20:42
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He said to him, "Thus says the LORD, `Because you have let go out of {your} hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people."'
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