33 Then, when the commanders of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

34 Now one man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel [a]in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn [b]around and take me out of the battle, (A)for I am severely wounded.” 35 The battle [c]raged on that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot in front of the Arameans, and he died at evening, and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 22:34 Lit between the scales and the scale armor
  2. 1 Kings 22:34 Lit your hand
  3. 1 Kings 22:35 Lit went up

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