1 Kings 20:40-42
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
40 But while your servant was occupied here and there, the man disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “That is your sentence. You have decided it yourself.” 41 He quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 42 (A)He said to him: “The Lord says, Because you have set free the man I put under the ban,[a] your life shall pay for his life, your people for his people.”
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