1 Kings 20:40-42

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⁴⁰ But I was busy doing other things, so the man ran away.”

The king of Israel answered, “That is your ·sentence [judgment]. You have ·already said what the punishment is [pronounced it yourself].

⁴¹ Then the prophet quickly took the ·cloth from his face [bandage from his eyes]. When the king of Israel saw him, he knew he was one of the prophets. ⁴² The prophet said to the king, “·This is what the Lord says [^TThus says the Lord]: ‘You freed the man I ·said should die [^Lhad devoted to destruction], so your life will be ·taken instead of his [for his life]. ·The lives of your people will also be taken instead of the lives of […and your people for] his people.’”