35 Now a man from (A)the sons of the prophets said to [a]another (B)by the word of the Lord, “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 the Lord, behold, as soon as you leave me, (C)a lion will [b]kill you.” And as soon as he left him a lion found him and [c]killed him. 37 Then he found another man and said, “Please strike me.” And the man struck him, [d]injuring him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 20:35 Lit his neighbor
  2. 1 Kings 20:36 Lit strike
  3. 1 Kings 20:36 Lit struck
  4. 1 Kings 20:37 Lit striking and injuring

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