1 Kings 20:40
40
While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” “That is your sentence,” the king of Israel said. “You have pronounced it yourself.”
Read 1 Kings 20:40 Using Other Translations
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." The king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it."
But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared!” “Well, it’s your own fault,” the king replied. “You have brought the judgment on yourself.”
What does 1 Kings 20:40 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
1 Kings 20:40
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was
gone
Employed in one thing or another relative to the battle, his
prisoner committed to his care made his escape:
and the king of Israel said unto him, so shall thy judgment
be, thyself
hast decided it;
the sentence was plain and open against him, that either he must
die or pay the money, for he himself had agreed to it.
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