1Ki 20:30-42 | NASB1995 | STEP | But the rest fled to Aphek into the city , and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left . And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber .

1 Kings 20:30-42

30 But the rest fled to ^aAphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,000 men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city ^binto an inner chamber.

31 ^cHis servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us ^dput sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your ^{▼▼ Lit soul}life.” 32 So ^fthey girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, ^g“Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.” 33 Now the men ^{▼▼ Lit divined}took this as an omen, and quickly ^{▼▼ Lit caught from him}catching his word said, “Your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he ^{▼▼ Lit caused him to come up}took him up into the chariot. 34 Ben-hadad said to him, ^k“The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” Ahab said, “And I will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.

35 Now a certain man of ^lthe sons of the prophets said to ^{▼▼ Lit his neighbor}another ⁿby 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, ^oa lion will ^{▼▼ Lit smite}kill you.” And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and ^{▼▼ Lit smote}killed him. 37 Then he found another man and said, “Please ^{▼▼ Lit smite}strike me.” And the man ^{▼▼ Lit smote}struck him, ^{▼▼ Lit striking and wounding}wounding him. 38 So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and ^udisguised himself with a bandage over his eyes. 39 As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, ^vthen your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.’ 40 “While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.” 41 Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. 42 He said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore ^wyour ^{▼▼ Lit soul}life shall go for his ^{▼▼ Lit soul}life, and your people for his people.’”