1Ki 20:40-42 | ESV | STEP | 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.

b[See ver. 39 above]

1 Kings 20:40-42

40 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.” 41 Then he hurried to take the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 42 And 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, ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} therefore ^byour life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.’”