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1 Kings 20:35-37
New English Translation

A Prophet Denounces Ahab’s Actions

35 One of the members of the prophetic guild[a] told his companion a message from the Lord, “Please wound me!” But the man refused to wound him. 36 So the prophet[b] said to him, “Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him. 37 He found another man and said, “Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.[c]

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  1. 1 Kings 20:35 tn Heb “of the sons of the prophets.”
  2. 1 Kings 20:36 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the prophet) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 1 Kings 20:37 tn Heb “and the man wounded him, wounding and bruising.”
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