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34 But a certain man drew his bow at random[a] and struck the king of Israel between the scale armour and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn round and carry me out of the battle, (A)for I am wounded.” 35 And the battle continued that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, until at evening he died. And the blood of the wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot. 36 And about sunset a cry went through the army, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”

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  1. 1 Kings 22:34 Hebrew in his innocence