Verse 38
1 Kings 20:38
World English Bible
38
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband 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
Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him...
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He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, “Thus says Ben Hadad,
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‘Your silver and your gold is mine. Your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine.’”
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The king of Israel answered, “It is according to your saying, my lord, O king. I am yours, and all t...
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The messengers came again, and said, “Ben Hadad says, ‘I sent indeed to you, saying, “You shall deli...
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but I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they will search your house, and th...
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7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man see...
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8
All the elders and all the people said to him, “Don’t listen, and don’t consent.”
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9
Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you sent for to...
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10
Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will b...
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11
The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes...
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12
When Ben Hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, he said t...
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13
Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘Have you seen all this...
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14
Ahab said, “By whom?”
He said, “Yahweh says, ‘By the young men of the princes of the provinces.’”
Th...
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15
Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty...
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16
They went out at noon. But Ben Hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings,...
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17
The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told...
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18
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take t...
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19
So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which fol...
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20
They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria esc...
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21
The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great...
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22
The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, an...
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23
The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were...
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24
Do this thing: take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their place.
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25
Muster an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. We will...
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26
At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Is...
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27
The children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went against them. The children of Is...
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28
A man of God (Elohim) came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘Because th...
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29
They encamped opposite each other for seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was...
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30
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were l...
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31
His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful...
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32
So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and...
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33
Now the men observed diligently, and hurried to take this phrase; and they said, “Your brother Ben H...
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34
Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall m...
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35
A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by Yahweh’s word, “Please strike me!”
T...
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36
Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed Yahweh’s voice, behold, as soon as you have depart...
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37
Then he found another man, and said, “Please strike me.”
The man struck him and wounded him.
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38
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband...
39
As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, “Your servant went out into the middle of...
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40
As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.”
The king of Israel said to him, “So shall you...
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41
He hurried, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized that he was...
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42
He said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted t...
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43
The king of Israel went to his house sullen and angry, and came to Samaria.
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