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One of the members of the prophets' guild said to another one, by the word of ADONAI, "Hit me!" But the man refused to hit him.
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Then he said to him, "Because you didn't listen to the voice of ADONAI, the moment you leave me, a lion will kill you." No sooner had he left him than a lion found him and killed him.
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The prophet went to another man and said, "Hit me!" The man struck him a blow and wounded him.
38
The prophet left and waited for the king by the road, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
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As the king passed by, he called out to the king and said, "Your servant was on his way into the thick of the fighting when someone turned, brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man! If he is missing, you will pay for his life with yours; or else you will pay sixty-six pounds of silver.'
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But while your servant was busy with one thing and another, he disappeared." The king of Isra'el said to him, "So that is your sentence; you have pronounced it on yourself."
41
Quickly he removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Isra'el recognized him as one of the prophets.
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Then he said to the king, "Here is what ADONAI says: 'Because you have let escape the man I had given over to be destroyed, you will pay with your life for his life and with your people for his people.'"
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The king of Isra'el returned home to Shomron resentful and depressed.