1 Kings 20:40-42
Lexham English Bible
40 It happened that your servant was busy here and there,[a] and he disappeared.”[b] Then the king said to him, “Your own judgment has been determined.” 41 He quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was from the prophets. 42 He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Because you have let the man I devoted for destruction go from your hand, your life shall be in place of his life and your people in place of his people.’”
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- 1 Kings 20:40 Literally “was doing here and here”
- 1 Kings 20:40 Literally “and he was not”
1 Kings 20:40-42
New International Version
40 While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.”
“That is your sentence,”(A) the king of Israel said. “You have pronounced it yourself.”
41 Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 42 He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You(B) have set free a man I had determined should die.[a](C) Therefore it is your life for his life,(D) your people for his people.’”
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 20:42 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
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