1 Kings 20:38-40

Modern English Version

³⁸ So the prophet departed and waited by the road for the king and disguised himself with ashes on his face. ³⁹ As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Keep this man, and if by any means he goes missing, then your life shall be given for his life, or else you shall pay a talent^[a] of silver.’ ⁴⁰ As your servant was busy here and there, he disappeared.”

And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have decided it yourself.”