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1 Kings 20:40-42
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40 Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him, “Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.”[a] 41 The prophet[b] quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets. 42 The prophet[c] then said to him, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life, and your people will suffer instead of his people.’”[d]

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  1. 1 Kings 20:40 tn Heb “so [i.e., in accordance with his testimony] is your judgment, you have determined [it].”
  2. 1 Kings 20:41 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 1 Kings 20:42 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 1 Kings 20:42 tn Heb “Because you sent away the man of my destruction [i.e., that I determined should be destroyed] from [my/your?] hand, your life will be in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”
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