1 Kings 20:40-42

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴⁰ But I had other things to do, sir. While I was doing them, the prisoner escaped.’

King Ahab replied, ‘What you have just said shows that you deserve your punishment.’

⁴¹ Then the prophet quickly took away the cloth that covered his eyes. The king recognized that the man was one of the prophets. ⁴² The prophet said to the king, ‘This is what the Lord says to you: “I decided that a man should die, but you have let him go free. So you must pay for his life with your life. Your people will receive the trouble that his people deserved.” ’