1 Kings 20:35-37

35 Now a certain man of ¹the sons of the prophets said to another ²by 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 have departed from me, ³a lion will kill you." And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him.

37 Then he found another man and said, "Please strike me." And the man struck him, wounding * him.

1 Kings 20:35-37 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 20

This chapter relates the siege of Samaria by the king of Syria, and his insolent demand of Ahab's wives, children, and riches, 1Ki 20:1-12, the sally made out upon him, at the direction of the prophet, and the route made of the Syrian army, 1Ki 20:13-21, the return of the Syrian army the next year, when there was a pitched battle between them and Israel, in which the former were entirely defeated, 1Ki 20:22-30, the peace Ahab made with the king of Syria, 1Ki 20:31-34, and the reproof one of the sons of the prophets gave him for it, which made him very uneasy, 1Ki 20:35-43.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 2:3-7
• 2. 1 Kings 13:17, 18
• 3. 1 Kings 13:24

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "his neighbor"
• [b] Lit "smite"
• [c] Lit "smote"
• [d] Lit "smite"
• [e] Lit "smote"
• [f] Lit "striking and wounding"