Verse 38
1 Kings 20:38
Darby Translation
38
And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over his eyes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַ/נָּבִ֔יא וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֥ד לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ עַל הַ/דָּ֑רֶךְ וַ/יִּתְחַפֵּ֥שׂ בָּ/אֲפֵ֖ר עַל עֵינָֽי/ו
English Translation
And the prophet went and stood before the king by the way and he disguised himself with a cloak over his eyes.
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Chapter 20 Context
1
And Ben-Hadad king of Syria assembled all his host; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and ho...
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And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad:
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Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, the goodliest, are mine.
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And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and...
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And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben-Hadad saying: I sent to thee indeed, saying...
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but to-morrow about this time I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and...
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And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how thi...
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And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.
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And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to t...
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And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shal...
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And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as h...
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And it came to pass when he heard this word, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the tents, that...
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And behold, a prophet drew near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou seen...
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And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: By the servants of the princes of the provi...
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And he numbered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-t...
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And they went out at noon; and Ben-Hadad drank himself drunk in the tents, he and the kings, the thi...
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And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they to...
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And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for wa...
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And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed...
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And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the ki...
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And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a grea...
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And the prophet drew near to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen thyself, and unders...
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And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore t...
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And do this: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put governors in their stead;
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and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot...
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And it came to pass, at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to...
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And the children of Israel were numbered and victualled, and they went against them; and the childre...
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And the man of God (Elohim) drew near, and spoke to the king of Israel and said, Thus saith Jehovah:...
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And they encamped one over against the other seven days; and it came to pass that on the seventh day...
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And the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men of them th...
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And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are me...
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And they girded sackcloth on their loins, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel,...
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And the men took it as a good omen, and hastened to catch what came from him, and they said, Thy bro...
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And [Ben-Hadad] said to him, The cities that my father took from thy father I will restore; and thou...
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And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pr...
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Then said he to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, behold, when thou depa...
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Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him violently, and wou...
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38
And the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a sash over...
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And as the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the...
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And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So [is]...
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Then he hastily took the sash away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him, that he was...
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And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man that I had...
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And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria.
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