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A Prophecy Enrages Ahab

35 Now a certain man of (A)the sons of the prophets said to [a]another (B)by the word of Yahweh, “Please strike me.” But the man refused to strike him. 36 Then he said to him, “Because you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as you walk away from me, (C)a lion will strike you down.” And as soon as he had walked away from him, a lion found him and struck him down. 37 Then he found another man and said, “Please [b]strike me.” And the man [c]struck him, [d]wounding him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:35 Lit his neighbor
  2. 1 Kings 20:37 Lit smite
  3. 1 Kings 20:37 Lit smote
  4. 1 Kings 20:37 Lit striking and wounding