mkjv - 1Kings:20:35-43

mkjv@1Kings:20:35 @ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor, By the word of the LORD, please strike me! And the man refused to strike him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:36 @ And he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion shall kill you. And as soon as he had departed from him, a lion found him and killed him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:37 @ And he found another man and said, Please strike me. And the man struck him, so that he wounded [him] in striking him.

mkjv@1Kings:20:38 @ And the prophet went and waited for the king by the wayside, and disguised himself with ashes on his face.

mkjv@1Kings:20:39 @ And as the king passed by, it happened he cried to the king. And he said, Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and, behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man. If he is missing by any means, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.

mkjv@1Kings:20:40 @ And it happened as 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].

mkjv@1Kings:20:41 @ And he hurried and took the ashes away from his face. And the king of Israel saw that he [was] one of the prophets.

mkjv@1Kings:20:42 @ And he said to him, So says the LORD, Because you have let go out of [your] hand a man whom I devoted [to destruction], therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.

mkjv@1Kings:20:43 @ And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.